Chapter 16 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 16.24

एवमुक्तस्तदामात्यैस्तुष्टाव वृषभध्वजम् । समाभिर्विविधैः स्तोत्रैः प्रणभ्य स दशाननः। संवत्सरसहस्रं तु रुदतो रक्षसो गतम्॥

evamuktastadāmātyaistuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam | samābhirvividhaiḥ stotraiḥ praṇabhya sa daśānanaḥ| saṃvatsarasahasraṃ tu rudato rakṣaso gatam||

English Meaning

Thus accosted by his councillors, the Tenfaced one, bowing down to him having the bull for his standard, began to hymn him with various soma hymns; and the Rākşasa passed away a good thousand years in lamentations.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)