Chapter 27 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 27.16

रावणश्च मया दृष्टो मुण्डस्तैलसमुक्षितः॥ रक्तवासा पिबन्मत्तः करवीरकृतस्रजः। विमानात् पुष्पकादद्य रावणः पतितः क्षितौ॥

rāvaṇaśca mayā dṛṣṭo muṇḍastailasamukṣitaḥ|| raktavāsā pibanmattaḥ karavīrakṛtasrajaḥ| vimānāt puṣpakādadya rāvaṇaḥ patitaḥ kṣitau||

English Meaning

I saw Ravana too, shaved and shorn, besmeared with oil, wearing a crimson cloth, drinking honey, wearing a garland of Karavīra flowers, fall down on earth from the flowery chariot.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)