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)