Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.4

पौलस्त्यस्य वरिष्ठस्य रावणस्य महात्मनः। दशग्रीवस्य भार्यात्वं सीते न बहु मन्यसे॥

paulastyasya variṣṭhasya rāvaṇasya mahātmanaḥ| daśagrīvasya bhāryātvaṃ sīte na bahu manyase||

English Meaning

You do not regard it highly, Sītā, that you shall become the chosen wife of that highsouled, and great Ravana, the Ten-necked son of Paulastya.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)