Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 31: Rāvaṇa’s Conversation with Akampana and Mārīca
Text 3.31.30
नैव देवी न गन्धर्वी नाप्सरा नापि दानवी।
तुल्या सीमन्तिनी तस्या मानुषीषु कुतो भवेत्॥
naiva devī na gandharvī nāpsarā nāpi dānavī
tulyā sīmantinī tasyā mānuṣīṣu kuto bhavet
na eva = no; devī = demigoddess; na gandharvī = gandharvī; na apsarā = apsarā; na api = or; dānavī = dānavī; tulyā = there is equal; sīmantinī = a female; tasyāḥ = to her; mānuṣīṣu = [equal to her] among women; kutaḥ = where; bhavet = can there be.
There is no demigoddess, gandharvī, apsarā or dānavī equal to her; where can there be a female [equal to her] among women?1
1 Gandharvī is a female gandharva; dānavī is a female dānava. “Women” means “human females.”