Chapter 13 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 13.11

एतद् राघव विस्तीर्णमाश्रमं श्रमनाशनम्। उद्यानवनसम्पन्नं स्वादुमूलफलोदकम्॥ अत्र सप्तजना नाम मुनयः संशितव्रताः। सप्तवासन्नधःशीर्षा नियतं जलशायिनः॥ सप्तरात्रे कृताहारा वायुनाचलवासिनः। दिवं वर्षशतैर्याताः सप्तभिः सकलेवराः॥

etad rāghava vistīrṇamāśramaṃ śramanāśanam| udyānavanasampannaṃ svādumūlaphalodakam|| atra saptajanā nāma munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ| saptavāsannadhaḥśīrṣā niyataṃ jalaśāyinaḥ|| saptarātre kṛtāhārā vāyunācalavāsinaḥ| divaṃ varṣaśatairyātāḥ saptabhiḥ sakalevarāḥ||

English Meaning

In this extensive asylum, O Rāghava, removing the toil (of the travellers) filled with gardens and trees and abounding in delicious fruits, roots and water, dwelt seven Saints, having control over their senses. Those seven Saints, dwelling on the mountain, passed days and nights in water with their heads down and after seven nights used to live upon air. In this wise, passing seven hundred years they repaired bodily to heaven.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)