Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.10

प्रहष्टा व्यथिताश्चासन् सर्वे ते परमर्षयः॥ दृष्ट्वा सीतां परामृष्टां दण्डकारण्यवासिनः। रावणस्य विनाशं च प्राप्तं बुद्ध्वा यदृच्छया॥

prahaṣṭā vyathitāścāsan sarve te paramarṣayaḥ|| dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ| rāvaṇasya vināśaṃ ca prāptaṃ buddhvā yadṛcchayā||

English Meaning

And seeing Sītā overpowered, the supreme saints inhabiting the Dandaka forest, concluding the destruction of Rāvaņa to be as good as accomplished without much ado, became at once delighted and aggrieved.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)