Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.13

लङ्का चारयितव्या मे पुनरेव भवेदिति। रात्रौ नहि सुदृष्टा मे दुर्गकर्मविधानतः॥

laṅkā cārayitavyā me punareva bhavediti| rātrau nahi sudṛṣṭā me durgakarmavidhānataḥ||

English Meaning

I shall once more range around Lankā. Let this be so. At night I could not satisfactorily examine the fortifications.* (Another meaning is:-lts places inaccessible on account of works.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)