Chapter 68 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 68.12

मम मोतृष्वसुर्धाता रावणो नाम राक्षसः। हतो रामेण दुर्बुद्धे स्त्रीहेतोः पुरुषाधम॥

mama motṛṣvasurdhātā rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ| hato rāmeṇa durbuddhe strīhetoḥ puruṣādhama||

English Meaning

The Räksasa Rāvana was the brother of my aunts. O you of vicious understanding, O vile wight, it is for his wife that Rāma did slay him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)