Chapter 18 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 18.23

अवेक्षमाणस्तु तदा ददर्श कपिकुञ्जरः। रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना रावणस्य वरस्त्रियः॥ ताभिः परिवृतो राजा सुरूपाभिर्महायशाः। तन्मृगद्विजसंघुष्टं प्रविष्टः प्रमदावनम्॥

avekṣamāṇastu tadā dadarśa kapikuñjaraḥ| rūpayauvanasampannā rāvaṇasya varastriyaḥ|| tābhiḥ parivṛto rājā surūpābhirmahāyaśāḥ| tanmṛgadvijasaṃghuṣṭaṃ praviṣṭaḥ pramadāvanam||

English Meaning

Beholding him, that foremost of monkeys saw that highly famous king Rāvana, surrounded by his excellently beautiful and youthful wives, enter that forest of enjoyment filled with birds and animals.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)