अहं राक्षसराजेन रावणेन महात्मना। आज्ञप्तः समरे हन्तुं तावुभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥
ahaṃ rākṣasarājena rāvaṇena mahātmanā| ājñaptaḥ samare hantuṃ tāvubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau ||
English Meaning
I have been commanded by the high-souled Rāvana, the lord of Räksasas, to slay both Rāma and Lakşmaņa in conflict.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)