इत्येवं मैथिली दृष्ट्वा विलपन्तीं तपस्विनीम्। रोहिणीमिव चन्द्रेण विना ग्रहवशं गताम्॥ एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तस्य अमात्यः शीलवञ्छुचिः। सुपार्थो नाम मेधावी रावणं रक्षसां वरम्।। निवार्यमाणः सचिवैरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
ityevaṃ maithilī dṛṣṭvā vilapantīṃ tapasvinīm| rohiṇīmiva candreṇa vinā grahavaśaṃ gatām|| etasminnantare tasya amātyaḥ śīlavañchuciḥ| supārtho nāma medhāvī rāvaṇaṃ rakṣasāṃ varam|| nivāryamāṇaḥ sacivairidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
English Meaning
Seeing the distressed daughter of Mithila lament thus, like to Rohiņi come under the sway of a planet in the absence of the Moon, in the meanwhile his (Rāvana's) pure and good courtier, named Suparsva, endowed with intelligence, albeit prevented by other courtiers, spoke to Rāvana, foremost of Räkșasa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)