Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.10

मेघकृष्णाजिनधरा धारायज्ञोपवीतिनः। मारुतापूरितगुहाः प्राधीता इव पर्वताः॥

meghakṛṣṇājinadharā dhārāyajñopavītinaḥ| mārutāpūritaguhāḥ prādhītā iva parvatāḥ||

English Meaning

These hillocks, having clouds for dark deerskins, heavy showers for sacred threads and having caves filled with air, are appearing like so many Brahmins who have finished their studies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)