Chapter 72 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 72.17

स मेरुशृङ्गाग्रगतामनिन्दितां प्रविश्य पातालतलेऽपि वाश्रिताम्। प्लवङ्गमानामृषभस्तव प्रियां निहत्य रक्षांसि पुनः प्रदास्यति॥

sa meruśṛṅgāgragatāmaninditāṃ praviśya pātālatale'pi vāśritām| plavaṅgamānāmṛṣabhastava priyāṃ nihatya rakṣāṃsi punaḥ pradāsyati||

English Meaning

Whether on the summit of the mount Meru or in the region under the earth, that lord of monkeys, shall give you back your blameless spouse, killing all the Raksasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)