Vaishampayana said : Thus addressed by Kunti, he replied respectfully-Just as there are in this world Ravana and Meghanada who were very strong, so also I am gigantic and valorous among the men of this world; in fact I am greater than any.
वैशम्पायन उवाच पृथयाप्येवमुक्तस्तु प्रणम्यैव वचोऽब्रवीत्। यथा हि रावणो लोके इन्द्रजिच्च महाबलः। वर्मवीर्यसमो लोके विशिष्टश्चाभवं नृषु॥