Chapter 33 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 33.22

इति स्वदोषान् परिकीर्तितांस्तया समीक्ष्य बुद्ध्या क्षणदाचरेश्वरः। धनेन दर्पण बलेन चान्वितो विचिन्तयामास चिरं स रावणः॥

iti svadoṣān parikīrtitāṃstayā samīkṣya buddhyā kṣaṇadācareśvaraḥ| dhanena darpaṇa balena cānvito vicintayāmāsa ciraṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

On his vices having been thus celebrated by her (Surpanakhā), that lord of the rangers of night, Råvaņa, musing awhile, was long plunged in thought.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)