Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.10

दृष्ट्वा तां हि पुरीं लङ्कां त्रिकूटशिखरे स्थिताम्। हतं च रावणं युद्धे दर्शनादवधारय ॥

dṛṣṭvā tāṃ hi purīṃ laṅkāṃ trikūṭaśikhare sthitām| hataṃ ca rāvaṇaṃ yuddhe darśanādavadhāraya ||

English Meaning

We having seen the city of Lankā, established on the summit of Triküța, do you for certain conclude Răvaņa as slain in battle immediately after (we see her).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)