Chapter 3 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 3.9

अथाब्रवीद्वैश्रवणः पितामहमुपस्थितम्। भगवॅल्लोकपालत्वमिच्छेयं लोकरक्षणम्॥

athābravīdvaiśravaṇaḥ pitāmahamupasthitam| bhagavaॅllokapālatvamiccheyaṃ lokarakṣaṇam||

English Meaning

Then Vaisravaņa said to the Pitāmaha, who was present, 'O reverend one, I crave for the power of maintaining and protecting people.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)