Chapter 22 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 22.26

किष्किन्धां ह्यद्य शून्या च स्वर्गते वानरेश्वरे। उद्यानानि च शून्यानि पर्वताः काननानि च॥

kiṣkindhāṃ hyadya śūnyā ca svargate vānareśvare| udyānāni ca śūnyāni parvatāḥ kānanāni ca||

English Meaning

On that monkey chief's departure to the land of celestials, Kişkindhā was divested of her lord, and gardens, hills and woods were all rendered lonely.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)