Chapter 16 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 16.2

अथापश्यद्दशग्रीवो रौक्मं शरवणं महत्। गभस्तिजालसंवीतं द्वितीयमिव भास्करम्॥ स पर्वतं समारुह्य कंचिद्रम्यवनान्तरम्। प्रेक्षते पुष्पकं तत्र रामविष्टम्भितं तदा॥

athāpaśyaddaśagrīvo raukmaṃ śaravaṇaṃ mahat| gabhastijālasaṃvītaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram|| sa parvataṃ samāruhya kaṃcidramyavanāntaram| prekṣate puṣpakaṃ tatra rāmaviṣṭambhitaṃ tadā||

English Meaning

The Ten-necked Rāvana saw the great golden wood of reeds. Furnished with networks of solar rays, and appearing like a second Sun, and ascending the mountain, he was surveying the heart of the forest, when, O Rama, Puspaka was (suddenly) deprived of its motion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)