Chapter 48 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 48.52

हन्यतां दह्यतां वापि भक्ष्यतामिति चापरे। राक्षसास्तत्र संक्रुद्धाः परस्परमथाब्रुवन्॥ अतीत्य मार्ग सहसा महात्मा स तत्र रक्षोधिपपादमूले। ददर्श राज्ञः परिचारवृद्धान् गृहं महारत्नविभूषितं च।५७।।

hanyatāṃ dahyatāṃ vāpi bhakṣyatāmiti cāpare| rākṣasāstatra saṃkruddhāḥ parasparamathābruvan|| atītya mārga sahasā mahātmā sa tatra rakṣodhipapādamūle| dadarśa rājñaḥ paricāravṛddhān gṛhaṃ mahāratnavibhūṣitaṃ ca|57||

English Meaning

And others said, "Kill him," "Burn him," "Eat him up". The Raksasas, growing enraged, thus said to each other. Having passed some way, that magnanimous one saw there old servants sitting at the feet of the lord of Rākşasas, as well as a mansion embellished with countless jewels.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)