Chapter 27 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 27.19

सहसोत्थाय सम्भ्रान्तो भयार्तो मदविह्वलः। उन्मत्तरूपो दिग्वासा दुर्वाक्यं प्रलपन्बहु॥ दुर्गन्धं दुःसहं घोरं तिमिरं नरकोपमम्। मलपङ्कं प्रविश्याशु मग्नस्तत्र स रावणः॥

sahasotthāya sambhrānto bhayārto madavihvalaḥ| unmattarūpo digvāsā durvākyaṃ pralapanbahu|| durgandhaṃ duḥsahaṃ ghoraṃ timiraṃ narakopamam| malapaṅkaṃ praviśyāśu magnastatra sa rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

And then rising all on a sudden, and uttering obscene and inconsistent words like to a maniac, Rāvana overwhelmed with fear, and amazement, and intoxicated, fell into a mass of dirt, stinking and resembling the very hell. And again proceeding to the South he entered into a lake devoid of mud and water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)