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.
पितामहेन प्रीतेन देवदानवराक्षसैः। रावणस्याभयं दत्तं मनुष्येभ्यो न याचितम्॥