Chapter 68 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 68.17

देवा हि मां हसिष्यन्ति दृष्ट्वा पूर्वापकारिणम्। कथमिन्द्रं जयिष्यामि कुम्भकर्ण हते त्वयि ॥

devā hi māṃ hasiṣyanti dṛṣṭvā pūrvāpakāriṇam| kathamindraṃ jayiṣyāmi kumbhakarṇa hate tvayi ||

English Meaning

For the gods shall laugh on seeing me, who had formerly wronged them. But, how, O Kumbhakarņa, you having been slain, shall I conquer Indra?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)