Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.25

स्वदत्तकृतसाक्षी यो द्वितीय इव पावकः। लब्धसंज्ञा विचेष्टन्ते लोका यस्य महात्मनः॥ यस्य नित्यं त्रयो लोका विद्रवन्ति भयार्दिताः। तं कथं राक्षसेन्द्रोऽसौ स्वयमेव गमिष्यति॥

svadattakṛtasākṣī yo dvitīya iva pāvakaḥ| labdhasaṃjñā viceṣṭante lokā yasya mahātmanaḥ|| yasya nityaṃ trayo lokā vidravanti bhayārditāḥ| taṃ kathaṃ rākṣasendro'sau svayameva gamiṣyati||

English Meaning

How can this lord of Raksasas, of himself, go to him who, resembling another fire, bear to the gifts and acts (of persons), that high-souled one of whom attaining consciousness, people put forth their activity; and; afflicted with the fear of whom these three worlds fall away?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)