Chapter 94 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 94

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 94.23

पितामहेन प्रीतेन देवदानवराक्षसैः। रावणस्याभयं दत्तं मनुष्येभ्यो न याचितम्॥

pitāmahena prītena devadānavarākṣasaiḥ| rāvaṇasyābhayaṃ dattaṃ manuṣyebhyo na yācitam||

English Meaning

The great Patriarch, being pleased conferred upon Rāvaņa the boon that no fear would proceed to him from the celestials, the Dānavas or the Rākşasas-but he did not beg of him, security from men.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)