Do you stand, O ten-necked one. Behold for a moment. O Ravana, I shall throw you headlong from this car, like to a fruit from its stalk. O ranger of the night, even to my utmost might I will render you hospitality in encounter.
वृन्तादिव फलं त्वं तु पातयेयं रथोत्तमाम्। युद्धातिथ्यं प्रदास्यामि यथाप्राणं निशाचर॥