Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.5

तां समीक्ष्य पुरीं लङ्कां राक्षसाधिपतेः शुभाम्। अनुत्तमामृद्धिमतीं चिन्तयामास वीर्यवान्॥

tāṃ samīkṣya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rākṣasādhipateḥ śubhām| anuttamāmṛddhimatīṃ cintayāmāsa vīryavān||

English Meaning

And seeing the delightful, . divine and prosperous city of Lankā belonging to the lord of Rākşasas, that one endowed with prowess thought within himself,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)