Chapter 5 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 5.18

लङ्कादुर्गं समासाद्य राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृताः। भविष्यथ दुराधर्षाः शत्रूणां शत्रुसूदनाः॥

laṅkādurgaṃ samāsādya rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtāḥ| bhaviṣyatha durādharṣāḥ śatrūṇāṃ śatrusūdanāḥ||

English Meaning

And occupying the citadel of Lankā, backed by innumerable Rākṣasas, you will be invincible to foes and capable of destroying them.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)