 इमाश्शून्य मया वाचश्शुष्यमाणेन भाषिताः।।न चापि रावणः काञ्चिन्मूर्ध्ना स्त्रीं प्रणमेत ह। 
 My throat has dried up. I have spoken these words in a forlorn state. Ravana has never bowed down to a woman in obeisance. 