विधमेच्च पुरीं लङ्कां शोषयेच्च महोदधिम्। रावणस्य च नीचस्य कीर्तिं नाम च नाशयेत्।।5.26.23।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
लङ्कां पुरीम् city of Lanka, विधमेच्च he will blow away, महोदधिम् this great ocean, शोषयेच्च will drain it dry, नीचस्य of the mean fellow, रावणस्य Ravana's, कीर्तिम् fame, नाम च and name, नाशयेत् he would have destroyed.
English Commentary
"Had Rama known that I am in Lanka he would have blown up this city, dried up the ocean and destroyed the name and fame of the mean Ravana.