Chapter 36 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 36.5

रक्षसामीश्वरं मां च देवानां च भयंकरम्। हीनं मां मन्यसे केन अहीनं सर्वविक्रमैः॥

rakṣasāmīśvaraṃ māṃ ca devānāṃ ca bhayaṃkaram| hīnaṃ māṃ manyase kena ahīnaṃ sarvavikramaiḥ||

English Meaning

Why do you consider me, who am the lord of the Räksasa, and feared even by the immortals, as weak and reft of all power?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)