Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.4

राक्षसीभिश्च पत्नीभी रावणस्य निवेशनम्। आहृताभिश्च विक्रम्य राजकन्या भरावृतम्॥ तन्नक्रमकराकीर्णं तिमिङ्गिलझषाकुलम्। वायुवेगसमाधूतं पन्नगैरिव सागरम्॥

rākṣasībhiśca patnībhī rāvaṇasya niveśanam| āhṛtābhiśca vikramya rājakanyā bharāvṛtam|| tannakramakarākīrṇaṃ timiṅgilajhaṣākulam| vāyuvegasamādhūtaṃ pannagairiva sāgaram||

English Meaning

And (Hanumān beheld) the residence of Rāvana thronged with his Rākṣasi wives, as well as with princesses forcibly brought thither (by him), like to the sea teeming with alligators and Makaras, abounding in timingilas and fishes and snakes, and agitated by the force of the wind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)