Chapter 8 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 8.6

अब्रवीत्तमसंक्रुद्धो दुर्मुखो नाम राक्षसः। इदं न क्षा गीयं हि सर्वेषां नः प्रधर्षणम्॥ अयं परिभवो भूयः पुरस्यान्तःपुरस्य च। श्रीमतो राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वानरेन्द्रप्रधर्षणम्॥

abravīttamasaṃkruddho durmukho nāma rākṣasaḥ| idaṃ na kṣā gīyaṃ hi sarveṣāṃ naḥ pradharṣaṇam|| ayaṃ paribhavo bhūyaḥ purasyāntaḥpurasya ca| śrīmato rākṣasendrasya vānarendrapradharṣaṇam||

English Meaning

Then the Rāksasa named Durmukha, growing enraged, said, This overpowering of all of us must not be forgiven-this flagrant discomfiture of the metropolis of the auspicious lord of the Rākşasas as well as of his inner apartment by the foremost of monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)