Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.96

गताभ्यामथ विप्राभ्यां रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। दशयोजनसाहस्रं प्रथमं तु मरुत्पथम्॥

gatābhyāmatha viprābhyāṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ| daśayojanasāhasraṃ prathamaṃ tu marutpatham||

English Meaning

Those two Brāhmaṇas having departed, Rāvana, the lord of Raksasas, proceeded, at first, by the aerial way, ten thousand leagues.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)