Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.62

त्वमिहासुरसङ्घानां देवराज्ञा महात्मना। पातालनिलयानां हि परिघः संनिवेशितः॥

tvamihāsurasaṅghānāṃ devarājñā mahātmanā| pātālanilayānāṃ hi parighaḥ saṃniveśitaḥ||

English Meaning

O lord, you had been placed here by the king of celestials as an outer gate against the Asuras inhabiting the region under the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)