Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.35

सीतानिमित्तं राज्ञस्तु रावणस्य दुरात्मनः। रक्षसां चैव सर्वेषां विनाशः समुपागतः। ४९ ।।

sītānimittaṃ rājñastu rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ| rakṣasāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vināśaḥ samupāgataḥ| 49 ||

English Meaning

The destruction of the unrighteous king Rāvaņa together with all the Rākşasas, has come about in consequence of Şītā (having been carried away).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)