Chapter 54 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 54.31

भङ्कत्वा वनं पादपरत्नसंकुलं हत्वा तु रक्षांसि महान्ति संयुगे। दग्ध्वा पुरी तां गृहरत्नमालिनी तस्थौ हनूमान्पवनात्मजः कपिः।॥

bhaṅkatvā vanaṃ pādaparatnasaṃkulaṃ hatvā tu rakṣāṃsi mahānti saṃyuge| dagdhvā purī tāṃ gṛharatnamālinī tasthau hanūmānpavanātmajaḥ kapiḥ|||

English Meaning

And devastating the forest filled with many excellent trees, slaying many a terrible Rākşasa in conflict, and burning down the city of Lankā filled with picturesque houses, the monkey, Hanumān, Wind-god's son, stationed himself there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)