Chapter 69 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 69.21

एक एव प्रजानाति विष्णुस्तेजोमयं शरम् ॥ एषा एव तनुः पूर्वा विष्णोस्तस्य महात्मनः। इतो गच्छत पश्यध्वं वध्यमानं महात्मना॥ रामानुजेन वीरेण लवणं राक्षसोत्तमम्।

eka eva prajānāti viṣṇustejomayaṃ śaram || eṣā eva tanuḥ pūrvā viṣṇostasya mahātmanaḥ| ito gacchata paśyadhvaṃ vadhyamānaṃ mahātmanā|| rāmānujena vīreṇa lavaṇaṃ rākṣasottamam|

English Meaning

Vişņu alone is cognisant of its energy. This Śatrughna is the first portion of Vişnu's person; do you all go hence and behold the destruction of the foremost Raksasa, Lavana, by the highsouled, heroic Satrughna, the younger brother of Rama.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)