Chapter 31 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 31.28

अरोचयत तद्वाक्यं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। चिन्तयित्वा महाबाहुरकम्पनमुवाच ह॥

arocayata tadvākyaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ| cintayitvā mahābāhurakampanamuvāca ha||

English Meaning

Thereupon, the lord of the Rākṣasas, Rāvaņa, happened to relish those words; and reflecting (a while), that mighty-armed one addressed Akampana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)