Chapter 42 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 42.1

ततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र गत्वा रावणमन्दिरम्। न्यवेदयन्पुरीं रुद्धां रामेण सह वानरैः॥

tataste rākṣasāstatra gatvā rāvaṇamandiram| nyavedayanpurīṃ ruddhāṃ rāmeṇa saha vānaraiḥ||

English Meaning

Then those Rākşasas, going to that subduer of enemies, Rāvana, informed him that Rāma along with the monkeys had laid siege to the city.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)