Chapter 1 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 1.23

भगवन्तः कुंभकर्णं रावणं च निशाचरम्। अतिक्रम्य महावीयौँ किं प्रशंसथ रावणिम्॥

bhagavantaḥ kuṃbhakarṇaṃ rāvaṇaṃ ca niśācaram| atikramya mahāvīyau~ kiṃ praśaṃsatha rāvaṇim||

English Meaning

You worshipful ones, wherefore, passing by those exceedingly powerful ones-Kumbhakarna and the night-ranger, Ravana, do you praise Ravana's son?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)