Chapter 21 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 21.12

प्राणिनो मोक्षितास्तेन दशग्रीवेण रक्षसा॥ सुखमापुर्मुहूर्त ते ह्यतर्कितमचिन्तितम्। प्रेतेषु मुच्यमानेषु राक्षसेन महीयसा॥ प्रेतगोपाः सुसंक्रुद्धा राक्षसेन्द्रमभिद्रवन्।

prāṇino mokṣitāstena daśagrīveṇa rakṣasā|| sukhamāpurmuhūrta te hyatarkitamacintitam| preteṣu mucyamāneṣu rākṣasena mahīyasā|| pretagopāḥ susaṃkruddhā rākṣasendramabhidravan|

English Meaning

On being liberated by that Rākṣasa the tennecked one, those creatures in a moment began to enjoy their release, that had come to them without thought or suspense. And on the dead being delivered by the magnanimous Rākşasa, the guards of the dead, getting enraged, rushed at the Rākşasa sovereign.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)