Chapter 31 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 31.35

एवमुक्तं तु तद्रक्षः शिरस्तत्प्रियदर्शनम्। उपनिक्षिप्य सीतायाः क्षिप्रमन्तरधीयत॥

evamuktaṃ tu tadrakṣaḥ śirastatpriyadarśanam| upanikṣipya sītāyāḥ kṣipramantaradhīyata||

English Meaning

Thus addressed, that Raksasa, throwing that graceful head before Sītā, swiftly vanished,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)