हा हता: स्म वयं नाथ लोकरावण रावण । कं यायाच्छरणं लङ्का त्वद्विहीना परार्दिता ॥ २६ ॥
ha hatah sma vayam natha loka-ravana ravana kam yayac charanam lanka tvad-vihina parardita
- ha
- alas
- hatah
- killed
- sma
- in the past
- vayam
- all of us
- natha
- O protector
- loka-ravana
- O husband, who created the crying of so many other people
- ravana
- O Ravana, one who can cause crying of others
- kam
- unto whom
- yayat
- will go
- saranam
- shelter
- lanka
- the state of Lanka
- tvat-vihina
- being bereft of your good self
- para-ardita
- being defeated by the enemies.
O my lord, O master! You epitomized trouble for others, and therefore you were called Ravana. But now that you have been defeated, we also are defeated, for without you the state of Lanka has been conquered by the enemy. To whom will it go for shelter?