Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.89

ततो मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना चैत्यप्रासादमुत्तमम्। तत्रस्थान् राक्षसान् हत्वा शतं स्तम्भेन वै पुनः॥ ललामभूतो लङ्काया मया विध्वंसितो रुषा।

tato me buddhirutpannā caityaprāsādamuttamam| tatrasthān rākṣasān hatvā śataṃ stambhena vai punaḥ|| lalāmabhūto laṅkāyā mayā vidhvaṃsito ruṣā|

English Meaning

Thereupon I thought of destroying the Caitya (A place of sacrifice or religious worship) palace and destroyed with the pillar, all the Rākşasas stationed there. Excited with wrath I destroyed that palace the best in the whole city of Lanka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)