Chapter 8 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 8.21

अशक्नुवन्तस्ते विष्णुं प्रतियोद्धं बलार्दिताः। त्यक्त्वा लङ्कां गता वस्तुं पातालं सहपत्नयः॥

aśaknuvantaste viṣṇuṃ pratiyoddhaṃ balārditāḥ| tyaktvā laṅkāṃ gatā vastuṃ pātālaṃ sahapatnayaḥ||

English Meaning

And albeit inflated with pride, they, incapable of coping with Vişnu, leaving Lankā, went to the nether regions with their wives dwelling there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)