But if I had killed Ravana, that thorn of the worlds, the glory of Raghu's son (Rama) would have been obscured, for this I left him alone.
मया तु निहते तस्मिन् रावणे लोककण्टके। कीर्तिनश्येद् राघवस्य तत एतदुपेक्षितम्॥