Chapter 56 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 56.23

इत्युक्त्वा परुषं वाक्यं रावणः शत्रुरावणः। राक्षसीश्च ततः क्रुद्ध इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

ityuktvā paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ śatrurāvaṇaḥ| rākṣasīśca tataḥ kruddha idaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Having herself spoken thus, Ravana-challenger of foes-growing exceedingly wroth, addressed the Rākşasis in these words,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)