पीड्यमानास्तु बलिना वरदानेन रक्षसा। दीप्तैस्तपोभिर्विबुधाः पितामहपूजयन् ॥
pīḍyamānāstu balinā varadānena rakṣasā| dīptaistapobhirvibudhāḥ pitāmahapūjayan ||
English Meaning
The celestials being thus oppressed by Ravana, who had obtained the boon, worshipped the great Patriachs with sever austerities.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)