Thereupon Rāma said to Agastya-All, you have said, is true. And Agastya said Rāma, Rāvaņa, the thorn of people, then grew in power, by whom, in the company of his son, Indra, the lord of the celestials, was defeated.
अगस्त्यं त्वब्रवीद्रामः सत्मेतच्छ्रुतं च मे॥ एवं राम समुद्भुतो रावणो लोककण्टकः। सपुत्रो येन सङ्गामे जितः शक्रः सुरेश्वरः॥