भवतां प्रीतिरव्यग्रा तेजसा परिरक्षिता।२१।। धर्मश्च नियतो नित्यं सत्यं च भवतां सदा। युष्माकं चानुभावेन तेजसा च महात्मनाम्॥ हतो दुरात्मा दुर्बुद्धी रावणो राक्षसाधमः। हेतुमात्रमहं तत्र भवतां तेजसा हतः॥
bhavatāṃ prītiravyagrā tejasā parirakṣitā|21|| dharmaśca niyato nityaṃ satyaṃ ca bhavatāṃ sadā| yuṣmākaṃ cānubhāvena tejasā ca mahātmanām|| hato durātmā durbuddhī rāvaṇo rākṣasādhamaḥ| hetumātramahaṃ tatra bhavatāṃ tejasā hataḥ||
English Meaning
Being well protected by your own prowess, you have all displayed your great love for me. By your piety, truthfulness, sagacity and strength, the vicious-souled Rāvana has been slain. Forsooth, I am merely the instrument in the destruction of Rāvana-he has been slain by your strength.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)