Chapter 69 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 69.19

तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। भयकारणमाचष्ट देवानामभयंकरः॥ उवाच मधुरां वाणीं शृणुध्वं सर्वदेवताः। वधाय लवणस्याजौ शरः शत्रुघ्नदारितः॥

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| bhayakāraṇamācaṣṭa devānāmabhayaṃkaraḥ|| uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ sarvadevatāḥ| vadhāya lavaṇasyājau śaraḥ śatrughnadāritaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing those words the Patriarch Brahmă replied Although it is a source of great fear still it is not dreadful to the celestials. There upon with sweet accents he said:-Hear, O you celestials, ſatrughna has taken up this arrow for the destruction of Pavana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)