Chapter 16 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 16.36

अपरे दुर्जयं रक्षो जानन्तः प्राज्ञसंमताः। जिताः स्म इत्यभाषन्त राक्षसं बलदर्पितम्॥

apare durjayaṃ rakṣo jānantaḥ prājñasaṃmatāḥ| jitāḥ sma ityabhāṣanta rākṣasaṃ baladarpitam||

English Meaning

While other men of wisdom, knowing the Räkşasa to be invincible, said to the Rākṣasas elated with strength, "We have been conquered?”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)