Chapter 24 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 24.13

एवं विलपितं तासां शृण्वनराक्षसपुङ्गवः॥ प्रविवेश पुरीं लङ्कां पूज्यमानो निशाचरैः।

evaṃ vilapitaṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇvanarākṣasapuṅgavaḥ|| praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ pūjyamāno niśācaraiḥ|

English Meaning

Hearing their lamentations thus and being honoured by the night-rangers that foremost of Raksasas entered his city Lankā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)