Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.44

आगतस्तु पथा येन तेनैव विनिवृत्य सः। लङ्कामभिमुखो रक्षो नभस्तलगतो ययौ।॥

āgatastu pathā yena tenaiva vinivṛtya saḥ| laṅkāmabhimukho rakṣo nabhastalagato yayau|||

English Meaning

And returning by the way by which he had come the Raksasa, stationed in the welkin, proceeded towards Lankā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)