Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.10

स तु सीतां विचेष्टन्तीमङ्केनादाय रावणः॥ प्रविवेश पुरीं लङ्कां रूपिणीं मृत्युमात्मनः।

sa tu sītāṃ viceṣṭantīmaṅkenādāya rāvaṇaḥ|| praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ rūpiṇīṃ mṛtyumātmanaḥ|

English Meaning

And taking Sītā on his lap, representing his own Death, who endeavoured (to liberate herself). Rāvana entered the city of Lankā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)