Chapter 10 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 10.12

विदितं वो मया रात्रौ मायावी स महासुरः॥ मां समाह्वयत क्रुद्धो युद्धाकाङ्क्षी तदा पुरा ।

viditaṃ vo mayā rātrau māyāvī sa mahāsuraḥ|| māṃ samāhvayata kruddho yuddhākāṅkṣī tadā purā |

English Meaning

“You know that formerly one night the mighty Asura Mayavi, getting' enraged, challenged me (to a fight) desirous of an encounter with me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)