Chapter 12 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 12.20

जडीकृता च सा लङ्का तस्य नादेन राघव॥ पिता तस्याकरोन्नाम मेघनाद इति स्वयम्।

jaḍīkṛtā ca sā laṅkā tasya nādena rāghava|| pitā tasyākaronnāma meghanāda iti svayam|

English Meaning

O Rāghava, Lankā was petrified at his voice: and (accordingly) his sire himself kept his name, Meghanāda.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)