Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.50

तथा दृष्ट्वा तु वृत्तान्त त्वरमाणो विनिर्गतः। विनिर्गम्याब्रवीत्सर्वं रावणाय निशाचरः॥ अथ राम दशग्रीवः पुष्पकादवरुह्य सः। प्रवेष्टुमिच्छन्वेश्माथ भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः॥

tathā dṛṣṭvā tu vṛttānta tvaramāṇo vinirgataḥ| vinirgamyābravītsarvaṃ rāvaṇāya niśācaraḥ|| atha rāma daśagrīvaḥ puṣpakādavaruhya saḥ| praveṣṭumicchanveśmātha bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ||

English Meaning

Beholding that the night-ranger speedily issued out of the house and communicated it to Rāvana. Thereupon, O Rama, having descended from Pus paka, the Ten-necked demon, black as collyrium, entered that house.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)