स हि देवैरुदीर्णस्य रावणस्य वधार्थिभिः। अर्थितो मानुषे लोके जज्ञे विष्णुः सनातनः॥
sa hi devairudīrṇasya rāvaṇasya vadhārthibhiḥ| arthito mānuṣe loke jajñe viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ||
English Meaning
Solicited by the celestials wishing for the destruction of Rāvana, he, who is the eternal Vis ņu, was born as Rāma in the world of men.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)