उपशूरं न ते वृत्तं कथं रात्रिंचराऽधम ।
यत्संप्रत्यपलोकेभ्यो लङ्कायां वसतिर्भयात् ॥

Karandikar How, Oh lowliest of the demons, (would) your behaviour not be (regarded as) inferior to that of a warrior, in as much as, now, (you have your) residence in Lanka through fear, away from the people ?

छन्दः अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्