Chapter 36 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 36.20

एवं विधानं लङ्कायां कृत्वा राक्षसपुंगवः। कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं मन्यते कालचोदितः॥

evaṃ vidhānaṃ laṅkāyāṃ kṛtvā rākṣasapuṃgavaḥ| kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ manyate kālacoditaḥ||

English Meaning

Having taken these measures in Lankā, the raksasa-chief, urged by Fate, deemed himself as having achieved success.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)