Chapter 31 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 31.8

जनस्थानवधं श्रुत्वा निहतौ खरदूषणौ। ततस्त्वमर्षापहृता जानकी रावणेन तु॥

janasthānavadhaṃ śrutvā nihatau kharadūṣaṇau| tatastvamarṣāpahṛtā jānakī rāvaṇena tu||

English Meaning

And having heard of the destruction of the Rākşasas of Janasthāna and of Khara and Duşaņa, the illusive Rāvana, assuming shapes at will, beguiling Rāma, it the forest, stole away his consort-the Janaka's daughter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)