Chapter 28 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 28.4

यौ तौ पश्यसि तिष्ठन्तौ समानौ देवरूपिणौ। मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चैव ताभ्यां नास्ति समो युधि॥ ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता अमृतप्राशिनावुभौ। आशंसेते यथा लङ्कामेतौ मर्दितुमोजसा।७॥

yau tau paśyasi tiṣṭhantau samānau devarūpiṇau| maindaśca dvividaścaiva tābhyāṃ nāsti samo yudhi|| brahmaṇā samanujñātā amṛtaprāśināvubhau| āśaṃsete yathā laṅkāmetau marditumojasā|7||

English Meaning

Those two whom you beholdest, staying there, of equal proportions and endowed with god-like shapes, are Mainda and Dvivida, who have no equals in fight. Permitted by Brahma, they had partaken of ambrosia. They hope to humble Lanka by their prowess.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)