Chapter 24 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 24.8

कैलासपर्वते राम मनसा निर्मितं परम्॥ ब्रह्मणा नरशार्दूल तेनेदं मानसं सरः।

kailāsaparvate rāma manasā nirmitaṃ param|| brahmaṇā naraśārdūla tenedaṃ mānasaṃ saraḥ|

English Meaning

O Rāma, there is in the Kailāsa mountain an exceedingly beautiful pool, created mentally by Brahma, O foremost of men, and hence this watery expanse go by the name of Mānasa Pool.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)