Chapter 5 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 5.13

तैर्बाध्यमानास्त्रिदशाः सर्षिसङ्घाः सचारणाः। त्रातारं नाधिगच्छन्ति निरयस्था यथा नराः॥ अथ ते विश्वकर्माणं शिल्पिनां वरमव्ययम्। ऊचुः समेत्य संहृष्टा राक्षसा रघुसत्तम॥

tairbādhyamānāstridaśāḥ sarṣisaṅghāḥ sacāraṇāḥ| trātāraṃ nādhigacchanti nirayasthā yathā narāḥ|| atha te viśvakarmāṇaṃ śilpināṃ varamavyayam| ūcuḥ sametya saṃhṛṣṭā rākṣasā raghusattama||

English Meaning

And like to men abiding in hell, the celestials, chāraṇas and hosts of sages, being harassed (by Raksasas), did not find any deliverer. And then, O foremost of the Raghus, the Raksasas, assembled together, joyfully said to the undeteriorating Viśvakarmá—prince of artist.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)