Chapter 24 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 24.25

रावणः प्रहसन्नेव शुकं वाक्यमुवाच ह। किमिमौ ते सितौ पक्षौ लूनपक्षश्च दृश्यसे॥ कञ्चिन्नानेकचित्तानां तेषां त्वं वशमागतः।

rāvaṇaḥ prahasanneva śukaṃ vākyamuvāca ha| kimimau te sitau pakṣau lūnapakṣaśca dṛśyase|| kañcinnānekacittānāṃ teṣāṃ tvaṃ vaśamāgataḥ|

English Meaning

There at, Ravana, laughing, said to Suka, Are your wings fettered? And you seemst as if your wings had been severed. Why? Did you come under the control of the volatile (monkeys)?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)