Chapter 8 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 8.23

ये त्वया निहतास्ते तु पौलस्त्या नाम राक्षसाः। समाली माल्यवान्माली ये च तेषां पुरःसराः। सर्व एते महाभागा रावणाद्बलवत्तराः॥

ye tvayā nihatāste tu paulastyā nāma rākṣasāḥ| samālī mālyavānmālī ye ca teṣāṃ puraḥsarāḥ| sarva ete mahābhāgā rāvaṇādbalavattarāḥ||

English Meaning

All those exalted Rākşasas going under the name of Pulastya that had been headed by Sumāli, Mālyavān and Māli, were stronger than Ravana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)