Chapter 37 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 37.10

मम प्रतिप्रदानं हि रावणस्य न रोचते। रावणं मार्गते संख्ये मृत्युः कालवशंगतम्॥

mama pratipradānaṃ hi rāvaṇasya na rocate| rāvaṇaṃ mārgate saṃkhye mṛtyuḥ kālavaśaṃgatam||

English Meaning

Rāvana dose not desire to restore me (to Rāma) for he has been brought under the influence of Death who is seeking him in battle.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)