Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.40

तानब्रवीत्ततो रक्षो वरुणाय निवेद्यताम्। रावणं त्वब्रवीन्मन्त्री प्रहासो नाम वारुणः॥

tānabravīttato rakṣo varuṇāya nivedyatām| rāvaṇaṃ tvabravīnmantrī prahāso nāma vāruṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Răvaņa spoke to them. “Do you communicate this to Varuņa.” Whereto his minister Prahasta replied to Rävana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)