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)