Chapter 80 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 80.17

अद्य हत्वा रणे यौ तौ मिथ्या प्रव्रजितौ वने। जयं पित्रे प्रदास्यामि रावणाय रणेऽधिकम्॥

adya hatvā raṇe yau tau mithyā pravrajitau vane| jayaṃ pitre pradāsyāmi rāvaṇāya raṇe'dhikam||

English Meaning

Slaying these two brothers in battle, who have uselessly wandered away into the forest, shall I crown my father Răvana with victory.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)