Chapter 30 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 30.34

राक्षसानां वरिष्ठश्च तव भ्राता विभीषणः। प्रतिगृह्य पुरीं लङ्कां राघवस्य हिते रतः॥

rākṣasānāṃ variṣṭhaśca tava bhrātā vibhīṣaṇaḥ| pratigṛhya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rāghavasya hite rataḥ||

English Meaning

That foremost of Rāksasas, Vibhisana, your brother, engaged in the welfare of Raghava, has laid seige to Lankā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)