Chapter 43 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 43.1

ततः स किंकरान्हत्वा हनूमान् ध्यानमास्थितः। वनं भग्नं मया चैत्यप्रासादो न विनाशितः॥

tataḥ sa kiṃkarānhatvā hanūmān dhyānamāsthitaḥ| vanaṃ bhagnaṃ mayā caityaprāsādo na vināśitaḥ||

English Meaning

Having slaughtered the servants, Hanumān, having reflected awhile, thought, “I have broken down the wood; but have not destroyed the edifice dedicated to the deities of the Rākşasas.”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)