Chapter 51 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 51.9

तदप्रियं दीनमुखा रावणस्य च राक्षसाः। कृत्स्नं निवेदयामासुर्यथावद्वाक्यकोविदाः॥

tadapriyaṃ dīnamukhā rāvaṇasya ca rākṣasāḥ| kṛtsnaṃ nivedayāmāsuryathāvadvākyakovidāḥ||

English Meaning

Then with woe-begone faces, those Raksasas, skilled in speech, faithfully informed Rāvana in full of that unfortunate circumstance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)