I was not the least flurried at it. Forsooth has Jānaki been destroyed for behold I nothing in Lankā which has not been burnt down— indeed the whole city has been reduced to ashes. For certain have I burnt down Sītă while burning the city Lankā-and I have thus baffled the great work of Rāma.
विनष्टा जानकी व्यक्तं न ह्यदग्धः प्रदृश्यते। लङ्कायाः कश्चिदुद्देशः सर्वा भस्मीकृता पुरी॥ दहता च मया लङ्कां दग्धा सीता न संशयः। रामस्य च महत्कार्यं मयेदं विफलीकृतम्॥