Chapter 41 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 41.79

रावणस्तु परं चक्रे क्रोधं प्रासादधर्षणात्। विनाशं चात्मनः पश्यन्निःश्वासपरमोऽभवत्॥

rāvaṇastu paraṃ cakre krodhaṃ prāsādadharṣaṇāt| vināśaṃ cātmanaḥ paśyanniḥśvāsaparamo'bhavat||

English Meaning

Rāvana was transported with wrath in consequence of the breaking down of the palace. And, finding his destruction (at hand), he began to heave sighs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)