Chapter 10 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 10.18

इति स्वमन्त्रिणां मध्ये भ्राता भ्रातरमूचिवान्। रावणं रक्षसां श्रेष्ठं पथ्यमेतद्विभीषणः॥

iti svamantriṇāṃ madhye bhrātā bhrātaramūcivān| rāvaṇaṃ rakṣasāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pathyametadvibhīṣaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

(Ravana's) brother, Vibhisana, thus spoke, to his brother, the chief of Rākşasa, in the midst of counsellors, these words fraught with his good.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)