Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.36

रावणाननशङ्काश्च काश्चिद् रावणयोषितः। मुखानि च सपत्नीनामुपाजिघ्रन् पुनः पुनः॥

rāvaṇānanaśaṅkāśca kāścid rāvaṇayoṣitaḥ| mukhāni ca sapatnīnāmupājighran punaḥ punaḥ||

English Meaning

Out of fear sprung from sleep and intoxication, some of Rāvana's wives were again and again smelling the faces of those, co-wives with them, taking the faces to belong to Rāvaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)