Chapter 12 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 12.21

सोवर्धत तदा राम रावणान्तःपुरे शुभे ॥ रक्ष्यमाणो वरस्त्रीभिश्छन्नः काष्ठैरिवानलः। मातापित्रोर्हहाहर्ष जनयन्रावणात्मजः॥

sovardhata tadā rāma rāvaṇāntaḥpure śubhe || rakṣyamāṇo varastrībhiśchannaḥ kāṣṭhairivānalaḥ| mātāpitrorhahāharṣa janayanrāvaṇātmajaḥ||

English Meaning

O Rāma, remaining hidden like a fire by fuel, Ravana's son, rejoicing (the bosoms of) his father and mother, grew up in Rāvana's elegant inner apartments.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)