Chapter 15 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 15.18

राक्षसो रावणो मूल् वीर्योद्रेकेण बाधते। ऋषयश्च ततस्तेन गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा॥ क्रीडन्तो नन्दनवने रौद्रेण विनिपातिताः।

rākṣaso rāvaṇo mūl vīryodrekeṇa bādhate| ṛṣayaśca tatastena gandharvāpsarasastathā|| krīḍanto nandanavane raudreṇa vinipātitāḥ|

English Meaning

And by him bereft of the sense of right and wrong, have saints and Gandharvas and Apsaras sporting in the groves of Nandana, been wantonly slain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)