Chapter 33 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 33.3

सुराणामसुराणां च नागगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्। यक्षाणां किंनराणां च का त्वं भवसि शोभने ॥ का त्वं भवसि रुद्राणां मरुतां वा वरानने। वसूनां वा वरारोहे देवता प्रतिभासि मे॥

surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca nāgagandharvarakṣasām| yakṣāṇāṃ kiṃnarāṇāṃ ca kā tvaṃ bhavasi śobhane || kā tvaṃ bhavasi rudrāṇāṃ marutāṃ vā varānane| vasūnāṃ vā varārohe devatā pratibhāsi me||

English Meaning

Who are you, O most fair of face, among the celestials, Asuras, Nāgas, Gandharvas, Rāks asas, and Yaksas and Kinnaras? Do the Rudra's (The Rudras are manifestations of Śiva) claim your birth O you fair damsel,? Or the swift gods who ride the storm? Or the Vasus? (A kind of demi-gods of whom six are enumerated viz., Dhava, Druva. Soma or the Moon, Visnu, Anila or wind, Anala or fire, Prabhusa and Prabhava) You appear to me as of a celestial race.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)