Thus addressed Lankā's lord, flaming in native energy, addressed Narada, laughing and saluting him. 'O you that delightest in the sport of gods and Gandharvas, and that take pleasure in warfare, I am ready to go to the nethermost regions for the purpose of conquest.
एवमुक्तस्तु लङ्केशो दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा ॥ अब्रवीनारदं तत्र संप्रहस्याभिवाद्य च। महर्षे देवगन्धर्वविहार समरप्रिय॥ अहं समुद्यतो गन्तुं विजयार्थं रसातलम्।