तं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसाः सर्वे विस्मयं परमं गताः। तं दृष्ट्वा सहसोत्थाय रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः॥ कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम्। द्रुतं सूतसमायुक्तं युक्ताष्टतुरगं रथम्।। आरुरोह तदा भीमं दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasāḥ sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ| taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ|| koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam| drutaṃ sūtasamāyuktaṃ yuktāṣṭaturagaṃ ratham|| āruroha tadā bhīmaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā ||
English Meaning
Beholding the car the Rākşasas were greatly astonished. And Ravana, the lord of Raksasas, rising up all on a sudden, ascended that car, brilliant like the flaming fire and the aggregate rays of a million sun, quick-coursing, having a charioteer, drawn by eight horses, huge and shining in its native lustre.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)