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)