Chapter 49 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 49.29

तं दृष्ट्वा त्वरितं यान्तं नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम्। वानरा दुद्रुवुः सर्वे मन्यमानास्तु रावणिम्॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritaṃ yāntaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam| vānarā dudruvuḥ sarve manyamānāstu rāvaṇim||

English Meaning

Seeing him fast making his way, resembling a mass of dark collyrium, the monkeys taking him to be Ravana's son, began to run away.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)