Chapter 11 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 11.28

स रावणः शस्त्रभृतां मनस्विनां महाबलानां समितौ मनस्वी। तस्यां सभायां प्रथया चकाशे मध्ये वसूनामिव वज्रहस्तः॥

sa rāvaṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ manasvināṃ mahābalānāṃ samitau manasvī| tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ prathayā cakāśe madhye vasūnāmiva vajrahastaḥ||

English Meaning

In the assembly of those intelligent, and exceedingly powerful persons, equipped with arms, the intelligent Rāvaņa appeared splendid like the vaira-handed Indra among the Vasus.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)