Chapter 39 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 39.14

योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्ठिं तु रघुनन्दन। बिभिदुर्धरणी राम रसातलमनुत्तमम्॥

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭhiṃ tu raghunandana| bibhidurdharaṇī rāma rasātalamanuttamam||

English Meaning

O descendant of Raghu, they excavated the earth, O Rāma, for sixty thousand Yojanas, you, as if they had intended to reach the lowest depths underground.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)