Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.24

रक्षांसि निहनिष्यन्तः पुर्यामस्यां न संशयः। असम्पातं करिष्यन्ति पतन्तः कङ्कवाससः॥

rakṣāṃsi nihaniṣyantaḥ puryāmasyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ| asampātaṃ kariṣyanti patantaḥ kaṅkavāsasaḥ||

English Meaning

And covered with Kanka leaves they shall undoubtedly cover the whole city and devastate it by destroying all the Rākṣasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)