Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.3

उत्तमं राक्षसावासं हनुमानवलोकयन्। आससादाथ लक्ष्मीवान् राक्षसेन्द्रनिवेशनम्॥ चतुर्विषाणैर्द्विरदैस्त्रिविषाणैस्तथैव च। परिक्षिप्तमसम्बाधं रक्ष्यमाणमुदायुधैः।५।।

uttamaṃ rākṣasāvāsaṃ hanumānavalokayan| āsasādātha lakṣmīvān rākṣasendraniveśanam|| caturviṣāṇairdviradaistriviṣāṇaistathaiva ca| parikṣiptamasambādhaṃ rakṣyamāṇamudāyudhaiḥ|5||

English Meaning

Hanumān beheld the goodly edifice where the Rāksasas used to dwell in common. And (at length) that one came upon the mansion itself of the lord of Rākşasas, having three-tusked and four-tusked elephants, and protected by persons with upraised arms, and covering a capacious area.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)