Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.24

ततः प्रियं वाक्यमुपेत्य राक्षसा महार्थमष्टावभिवाद्य रावणम्। विहाय लङ्कां सहिताः प्रतस्थिरे यतो जनस्थानमलक्ष्यदर्शनाः॥

tataḥ priyaṃ vākyamupetya rākṣasā mahārthamaṣṭāvabhivādya rāvaṇam| vihāya laṅkāṃ sahitāḥ pratasthire yato janasthānamalakṣyadarśanāḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing these agreeable and weighty words of Ravana, those Raksasas, bowing down to Rāvana, left Lankā, and in a body invisible proceeded in the direction of Janasthāna.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)