Chapter 104 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 104.8

ततस्त्वमसि दुर्धर्षात्तस्माद्भावात्सनातनात्। रक्षां विधास्यन्भूतानां विष्णुत्वमुफ्जग्मिवान्॥

tatastvamasi durdharṣāttasmādbhāvātsanātanāt| rakṣāṃ vidhāsyanbhūtānāṃ viṣṇutvamuphjagmivān||

English Meaning

Thereupon for concerning means for the preservation of creatures, you did renounce your irrepressible shape and assume Vişņu form.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)