Chapter 12 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 12.9

एवमुक्तं तु तद्रक्षो विनीतमिदमब्रवीत्॥ अहं पौलस्त्यतनयो दशग्रीवश्च नामतः। मुनेर्विश्रवसो यस्तु तृतीयो ब्रह्मणोऽभवत्॥

evamuktaṃ tu tadrakṣo vinītamidamabravīt|| ahaṃ paulastyatanayo daśagrīvaśca nāmataḥ| munerviśravaso yastu tṛtīyo brahmaṇo'bhavat||

English Meaning

Thus addressed, the Rākşasas humbly said, 'Ten-necked by name, I am the son of ascetic, Paulastya, who was born as the third son of Brahmā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)