Chapter 27 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 27.23

पीत्वा तैलं प्रमत्ताश्च प्रहसन्त्यो महास्वनाः। लङ्कायां भस्मरूक्षायां सर्वा राक्षसयोषितः॥

pītvā tailaṃ pramattāśca prahasantyo mahāsvanāḥ| laṅkāyāṃ bhasmarūkṣāyāṃ sarvā rākṣasayoṣitaḥ||

English Meaning

And in Lanka, covered with dust, Raksasa women laughing and making terrible sound, were engaged in quaffing oil.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)