Chapter 16 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 16.1

सुनिविष्टं हितं वाक्यमुक्तवन्तं विभीषणम्। अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यं रावणः कालचोदितः॥

suniviṣṭaṃ hitaṃ vākyamuktavantaṃ vibhīṣaṇam| abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ||

English Meaning

Vibhīşaņa addressing him with these excellent and auspicious words, fraught with high sense, Rāvaņa, impelled by Death, again spoke in harsh accents.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)