Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.13

दीपानां च प्रकाशेन तेजसा रावणस्य च। अर्चिभिभूषणानां च प्रदीप्तेत्यभ्यमन्यत ॥

dīpānāṃ ca prakāśena tejasā rāvaṇasya ca| arcibhibhūṣaṇānāṃ ca pradīptetyabhyamanyata ||

English Meaning

And (Hanumān) conceived that (Rāvana's sleeping apartment) was in a conflagration, on account of the display of the lamps, Rāvana's energy, and the splendour of the ornaments.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)