Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 68: Jaṭāyu’s Liberation
Text 3.68.12
येन यातो मुहूर्तेन सीतामादाय रावणः।
विप्रनष्टं धनं क्षिप्रं तत्स्वामी प्रतिपद्यते॥
yena yāto muhūrtena sītām ādāya rāvaṇaḥ
vipranaṣṭaṁ dhanaṁ kṣipraṁ tat-svāmī pratipadyate
yena = when; yātaḥ = and went; muhūrtena = at the muhūrta; sītām = Sītā-devī; ādāya = took; rāvaṇaḥ = Rāvaṇa; vipranaṣṭam = he lost; dhanam = the wealth; kṣipram = quickly; tat-svāmī = a proprietor of wealth; pratipadyate = recovers.
A proprietor of wealth quickly recovers the wealth he lost at the muhūrta when Rāvaṇa took Sītā-devī and went.
Which muhūrta? That is stated in the next verse.