Chapter 11 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 11.20

इयं लङ्का पुरी राजनराक्षसानां महात्मनाम्॥ त्वया निवेशिता सौम्य नैतद्युक्तं तवानघ।

iyaṃ laṅkā purī rājanarākṣasānāṃ mahātmanām|| tvayā niveśitā saumya naitadyuktaṃ tavānagha|

English Meaning

This city of Lankā, O king, belongs to the high-souled Rākṣasas; but you have established yourself in her. This, O sinless one, is not proper for you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)