"O Brāhmaṇa, O foremost of twice-born ones, when that cruel Rāvana journeyed over the earth, was it void of people? Was there no king, or prince on earth to administer punishment to him?
भगवनराक्षसः क्रूरो यदाप्रभृति मेदिनीम्। पर्यटत्किं तदा लोकाः शून्या आसन्द्विजोत्तम॥ राजा वा राजमात्रो वा किं तदा नात्र कश्चन। धर्षणं यत्र न प्राप्तो रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः॥