Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.15

परिश्रान्तं तु तं दृष्ट्वा जरया पक्षियूथपम्। उत्पपात पुनर्हष्टो मैथिली गृह्य रावणः॥

pariśrāntaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā jarayā pakṣiyūthapam| utpapāta punarhaṣṭo maithilī gṛhya rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon, finding the lord of birds worn out on account of his old age, Ravana, highly encouraged, again rose high up in the welkin, taking Maithill with him.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)