Chapter 18 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 18.5

इन्द्रो मयूरः संवृत्तो धर्मराजस्तु वायसः। कृकलासो धनाध्यक्षो हंसश्च वरुणोऽभवत्।।५ अन्येष्वपि गतेष्वेवं देवेष्वरिनिषूदन। रावणः प्राविशद्य सारमेय इवाशुचिः॥

indro mayūraḥ saṃvṛtto dharmarājastu vāyasaḥ| kṛkalāso dhanādhyakṣo haṃsaśca varuṇo'bhavat||5 anyeṣvapi gateṣvevaṃ deveṣvariniṣūdana| rāvaṇaḥ prāviśadya sārameya ivāśuciḥ||

English Meaning

Indra became a peacock and the king of righteousness, a crow and the bestower of riches a lizard, and Varuna a swan; and, O slayer of foes, others also became other beasts. And then Rāvana entered into that sacrifice like an unclean dog.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)