Chapter 104 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 104.10

स त्वमुज्जास्यमानासु प्रजासु जगतोवर। रावणस्य वधाकाङ्क्षी मानुषेषु मनोऽदधाः॥

sa tvamujjāsyamānāsu prajāsu jagatovara| rāvaṇasya vadhākāṅkṣī mānuṣeṣu mano'dadhāḥ||

English Meaning

O lord of the universe, it is for that reason, on beholding the destruction of creatures you went born on earth to slay the Ten-necked demon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)