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)