Chapter 25 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 25.23

एकस्थानमता यत्र चत्वारः पुरुषर्षभाः॥ लोकपालसमाः शूराः कृतास्त्रा दृढविक्रमाः। रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमाल्लक्ष्मणश्च बिभीषणः॥ सुग्रीवश्च महातेजा महेन्द्रसमविक्रमः। एते शक्ताः पुरीं लङ्कां सप्राकारां सतोरणाम्॥ उत्पाट्य संक्रामयितुं सर्वे तिष्ठन्तु वानराः।

ekasthānamatā yatra catvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ|| lokapālasamāḥ śūrāḥ kṛtāstrā dṛḍhavikramāḥ| rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmāllakṣmaṇaśca bibhīṣaṇaḥ|| sugrīvaśca mahātejā mahendrasamavikramaḥ| ete śaktāḥ purīṃ laṅkāṃ saprākārāṃ satoraṇām|| utpāṭya saṃkrāmayituṃ sarve tiṣṭhantu vānarāḥ|

English Meaning

As these four persons have combined—like to the Lokapālas, heroic, accomplished in arms, and of steady prowess-viz., Dasaratha's son, Rama, the graceful Laksmana, Vibhisana, and the highly powerful Sugrīva, resembling the great Indra, these are capable of uprooting the city of Larkā—walls and gateways-and replacing her (on her former site), leave you the monkeys aside.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)