Chapter 59 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 59.32

विसर्जयित्वा सचिवांस्ततस्तान् गतेषु रक्षःसु यथानियोगम्। व्यदारयद्वानरसागरौधं महाझषः पूर्णमिवार्णवौघम्॥

visarjayitvā sacivāṃstatastān gateṣu rakṣaḥsu yathāniyogam| vyadārayadvānarasāgaraudhaṃ mahājhaṣaḥ pūrṇamivārṇavaugham||

English Meaning

Then leaving those counsellors, (Ravana) on the Raksasa having departed agreeably to his injunction, dived into that ocean of monkeys, like a mighty fish diving into the waves of over brimming deep.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)