Chapter 59 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 59.4

सर्वथातिप्रकृष्टोऽसौ रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः। यस्य तां स्पृशतो गात्रं तपसा न विनाशितम्॥

sarvathātiprakṛṣṭo'sau rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ| yasya tāṃ spṛśato gātraṃ tapasā na vināśitam||

English Meaning

Rāvana, the lord of the Rākşasas is also highly advanced in asceticism by virtue whereof he has not been ruined albeit he has touched Sītā's person.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)