Chapter 8 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 8.27

मुत्पत्तिरद्य कथिता सकला यथावत्। भूयो निबोध रघुसत्तम रावणस्य जन्मप्रभावमतुलं ससुतस्य सर्वम्॥

mutpattiradya kathitā sakalā yathāvat| bhūyo nibodha raghusattama rāvaṇasya janmaprabhāvamatulaṃ sasutasya sarvam||

English Meaning

Thus, O lord of men, to-day I have truely related to you at length the origin of the Raksasas. Again, O foremost of the Raghus, do you understand the matchless birth and potency of Rāvana and his sons related in detail.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)