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)