राक्षसाधिपः chief of the demons, सः रावणः that Ravana, तत् that, परिव्राजकच्छद्म figure of a mendicant, विहाय shedding, स्वकम् his real, रूपम् form, प्रतिपद्य assuming, क्रोधात् in anger, संरक्त नयनः red eyes, जीमूतनिचयप्रभः radiating like layers of clouds, रक्ताम्बरधरः wearing red garments, स्त्रीरत्नम् gem of a woman, मैथिलीम् to Sita, प्रेक्ष्य seeing, तस्थौ stood in front.

Ravana, chief of the demons, shed the mendicant's form and assumed his real self. Clad in red garments, his eyes turned red in anger. Looking like layers of clouds, he stood in front of Sita, a gem among women.