Chapter 3 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 3.18

एतच्छुत्वा स धर्मात्मा धर्मिष्ठं वचनं पितुः। निवासयामास तदा लङ्कां पर्वतमूर्धनि ॥

etacchutvā sa dharmātmā dharmiṣṭhaṃ vacanaṃ pituḥ| nivāsayāmāsa tadā laṅkāṃ parvatamūrdhani ||

English Meaning

Hearing the righteous speech of his sire, that virtuous-souled one along with thousands of delighted and joyous Rākşasas, began to reside in Lanka stationed on the ion of the mount.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)