Chapter 4 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 4.6

क एषां पूर्वको ब्रह्मन्किनामा च बलोत्कटः। अपराधं च कं प्राप्य विष्णुना द्राविताः कथम्॥

ka eṣāṃ pūrvako brahmankināmā ca balotkaṭaḥ| aparādhaṃ ca kaṃ prāpya viṣṇunā drāvitāḥ katham||

English Meaning

Who was their progenitor? And what was the name of that terrific strength? And through what transgression were they driven out by Vişnu?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)