Chapter 6 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 6.22

अर्चिभिश्चापि रत्नानां तेजसा रावणस्य च। विरराज च तद् वेश्म रश्मिवानिव रश्मिभिः॥

arcibhiścāpi ratnānāṃ tejasā rāvaṇasya ca| virarāja ca tad veśma raśmivāniva raśmibhiḥ||

English Meaning

On account of the lustre shed by the genes, as well as the energy of Rāvana himself, that mansion appeared splendid like the rayfurnished Sun in all his glory.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)