Chapter 27 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 27.8

गुहाद्वारे च सौमित्रे शिला समतला शिवा। कृष्णा चैवायता चैव भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमा॥

guhādvāre ca saumitre śilā samatalā śivā| kṛṣṇā caivāyatā caiva bhinnāñjanacayopamā||

English Meaning

There is, O Saumitri, at the entrance of the cave, a level beautiful, spacious stone, black like to collyrium.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)