Chapter 41 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 41.21

ततः परं न वः सेव्यः पितृलोकः सुदारुणः॥ राजधानी यमस्यैषा कष्टेन तमसाऽऽवृता।

tataḥ paraṃ na vaḥ sevyaḥ pitṛlokaḥ sudāruṇaḥ|| rājadhānī yamasyaiṣā kaṣṭena tamasā''vṛtā|

English Meaning

And there reside persons who have won the heavenly regions. After that are the awful regions of the ancestral manes, which you must not approach. This is the metropolis of Yama, covered by deep gloom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)