Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.38

एवमुक्तस्तु राक्षस्या समुत्क्षिप्तस्ततो बली। प्रहसन् मेघसंकाशो राक्षसः स न्यवर्तत ॥

evamuktastu rākṣasyā samutkṣiptastato balī| prahasan meghasaṃkāśo rākṣasaḥ sa nyavartata ||

English Meaning

Having said this, the Rākşasī took away Rāvana by force. And that Rākşasa too, resembling a mass of clouds, laughing, turned back.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)