Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāvaṇa Brings Sītā to Laṅkā
Text 3.54.28
युष्माकं च बलज्ञोऽहं बहुशो रणमूर्धनि।
अतश्चास्मिञ्जनस्थाने मया यूयं नियोजिताः॥
yuṣmākaṁ ca balajño ’haṁ bahuśo raṇa-mūrdhani
ataś cāsmiñ janasthāne mayā yūyaṁ niyojitāḥ
yuṣmākam ca = your; balajñaḥ = know about strength; aham = I; bahuśaḥ = many; raṇa-mūrdhani = in battlefronts; ataḥ = so; ca = and; asmin janasthāne = at Janasthāna; mayā = I; yūyam = you; niyojitāḥ = have appointed.
I know about your strength in many battlefronts and so I have appointed you at Janasthāna.
“But how can we stand in the place of Khara and others?” Anticipating this question, Rāvaṇa speaks this verse.