Chapter 37 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 37.16

फलमूलेन जीवन्तो हिमवन्तमुपाश्रिताः। तेषां कोटिसहस्राणां सहस्रं समवर्तत॥

phalamūlena jīvanto himavantamupāśritāḥ| teṣāṃ koṭisahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ samavartata||

English Meaning

And of those dwelling in Himālaya, subsisting on fruits and roots, numbering a thousand and kotis, a thousand appeared.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)