Chapter 81 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 81.32

तथा तु सीतां विनिहत्य दुर्मतिः प्रहष्टचेताः स बभूव रावणिः। तं हृष्टरूपं समुदीक्ष्य वानरा विषण्णरूपाः समभिप्रदुद्रुवुः॥

tathā tu sītāṃ vinihatya durmatiḥ prahaṣṭacetāḥ sa babhūva rāvaṇiḥ| taṃ hṛṣṭarūpaṃ samudīkṣya vānarā viṣaṇṇarūpāḥ samabhipradudruvuḥ||

English Meaning

And slaying Sītā that wicked-minded son of Rāvana became greatly pleased. And beholding him thus delighted the monkeys being greatly sorry fled away.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)