Chapter 42 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 42.13

प्रेक्षतो राक्षसेन्द्रस्य तान्यनीकानि भागशः। राघवप्रियकामार्थ लङ्कामारुरुहुस्तदा॥

prekṣato rākṣasendrasya tānyanīkāni bhāgaśaḥ| rāghavapriyakāmārtha laṅkāmāruruhustadā||

English Meaning

And for doing what was dear to Rāma, that army, divided into separate parties, in the presence of the Raksasa chief commenced scaling Lanka.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)