Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.74

रावणस्त्वब्रवीद्धृष्टो राक्षसांस्तानुपस्थितान्। द्रष्टुमेनमिहेच्छामि यथान्यायं च पूज्यताम्॥

rāvaṇastvabravīddhṛṣṭo rākṣasāṃstānupasthitān| draṣṭumenamihecchāmi yathānyāyaṃ ca pūjyatām||

English Meaning

Thereat, Ravana, pleased, spoke to those Raks asas who had presented themselves, “I wish to see him here, and do you honour him fittingly."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)