ततो नील अम्बुद निभः प्रहस्तो नाम राक्षसः । अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर् वाक्यम् शूरः सेना पतिस्तदा ॥
tato nīla ambuda nibhaḥ prahasto nāma rākṣasaḥ | abravīt prāñjalir vākyam śūraḥ senā patistadā ||
M. N. Dutt (1891–94), via Valmiki Ramayan DatasetThen a Rakshasa whose body was like a dark cloud, called Prahastha, the heroic chief of the army, spoke these words with folded palms.
Gita Press, Gorakhpur (Hindi, via ramcharit.in)इसके बाद नील मेघ के समान श्यामवर्णवाले शूर सेनापति प्रहस्त नामक राक्षस ने हाथ जोड़कर कहा –