Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.27

पुण्योत्सवसमृद्धा च नष्टभी सराक्षसा। भविष्यति पुरी लङ्का नष्टभर्ती यथाङ्गना॥

puṇyotsavasamṛddhā ca naṣṭabhī sarākṣasā| bhaviṣyati purī laṅkā naṣṭabhartī yathāṅganā||

English Meaning

This Lankā, which is now full of pious ceremonies, shall, on the death of the Rākṣasas and their master, appear like a husbandless woman.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)