Chapter 35 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 35.3

अथ तान्सचिवांस्तत्र सर्वानाभाष्य रावणः। सभां संनादयन्सनित्युवाच महाबलः॥ जगत्संतापनः क्रूरोऽगर्हयनराक्षसेश्वरः। तरणं सागरस्यास्य विक्रमं बलपौरुषम्॥

atha tānsacivāṃstatra sarvānābhāṣya rāvaṇaḥ| sabhāṃ saṃnādayansanityuvāca mahābalaḥ|| jagatsaṃtāpanaḥ krūro'garhayanarākṣaseśvaraḥ| taraṇaṃ sāgarasyāsya vikramaṃ balapauruṣam||

English Meaning

Addressing there all those counsellors, that afflictor of the world—the crooked and highly powerful lord of the Rākşasas, Rāvaņa, making his court resound, running down (Rāma's) crossing the main, as well as his vigour, strength and manhood, said to them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)