Chapter 87 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 87.18

इत्युक्तो भ्रातृपुत्रेण प्रत्युवाच विभीषणः। अजानन्निव मच्छीलं किं राक्षस विकत्थसे॥

ityukto bhrātṛputreṇa pratyuvāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ| ajānanniva macchīlaṃ kiṃ rākṣasa vikatthase||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by his brother's son, Vibhis ana answered, “O Raksasa, why did you speak as if in ignorance of my character? O impious son of the Rākşasa chief, do you for ego the roughness which you assume on behalf of my dignity.* *Or, on account of your heroism.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)