Chapter 1 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 1.28

शक्रोऽपि विजितस्तेन कथं लब्धवरश्च सः। कथं च बलवानन्पुत्रो न पिता तस्य रावणः॥

śakro'pi vijitastena kathaṃ labdhavaraśca saḥ| kathaṃ ca balavānanputro na pitā tasya rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

How was Śakra vanquished by him, and how also did he obtain the boon? And how was the son powerful and not his sire Rāvaņa.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)