Chapter 117 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 117.17

वधार्थ रावणस्येह प्रविष्टो मानुषीं तनुम्। तदिदं नस्त्वया कार्यं कृतं धर्मभृतां वर ॥

vadhārtha rāvaṇasyeha praviṣṭo mānuṣīṃ tanum| tadidaṃ nastvayā kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara ||

English Meaning

For Rāvana's destruction you have assumed the human shape. You have accomplished that work of ours, O you the foremost of the pious.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)