तावत्ते रावणस्येदं कुलं जन्म च राघव। वरप्रदानं च तथा तस्मै दत्तं ब्रवीमि ते॥
tāvatte rāvaṇasyedaṃ kulaṃ janma ca rāghava| varapradānaṃ ca tathā tasmai dattaṃ bravīmi te||
English Meaning
I shall, O Rāghava, describe to you Răvaņa's race and birth, as well as the boon that had been conferred on him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)