Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.6

नेयमन्येन नगरी शक्या धर्षयितुं बलात्। रक्षिता रावणबलैरुद्यतायुधपाणिभिः॥

neyamanyena nagarī śakyā dharṣayituṃ balāt| rakṣitā rāvaṇabalairudyatāyudhapāṇibhiḥ||

English Meaning

This city protected by the forces of Rãvaņa with their hands holding upraised arms, is incapable of being forcibly subdued by any other.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)