Chapter 5 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 5.8

सत्यार्जवशमोपेतैस्तपोभिर्भुवि दुर्लभैः। संतापयन्तस्त्रील्लोकान्सदेवासुरमानुषान्॥

satyārjavaśamopetaistapobhirbhuvi durlabhaiḥ| saṃtāpayantastrīllokānsadevāsuramānuṣān||

English Meaning

Practising penances rare on the earth with truth and candour and self-control, they afflicted the three worlds with gods, Asuras and human beings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)