Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.17

प्रदक्षिणं तु तां कृत्वा रावणः परमाद्भुताम्। प्रविवेशमहाघोरं गुप्तं बहुविधैर्बलैः॥

pradakṣiṇaṃ tu tāṃ kṛtvā rāvaṇaḥ paramādbhutām| praviveśamahāghoraṃ guptaṃ bahuvidhairbalaiḥ||

English Meaning

Having gone round this wonderful (cow), Rāvaņa entered the exceedingly dreadful abode of Varuna) guarded by various kinds of forces.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)