Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.13

तत्र वैदूर्यवर्णाभो वज्रसंस्थानसंस्थितः। नानागुमलताकीर्णो वज्रो नाम महागिरिः॥ श्रीमान् समुदितस्तत्र योजनानां शतं समम्। गुहास्तत्र विचेतव्या प्रयत्नेन प्लवङ्गमाः॥

tatra vaidūryavarṇābho vajrasaṃsthānasaṃsthitaḥ| nānāgumalatākīrṇo vajro nāma mahāgiriḥ|| śrīmān samuditastatra yojanānāṃ śataṃ samam| guhāstatra vicetavyā prayatnena plavaṅgamāḥ||

English Meaning

There, in hue like lapises, abounding in various kinds of trees and plants, is a mighty hill of an adamantine basis, called Vajra; beautiful, famous, and measuring an hundred Yojanas in height and area. There let the monkeys carefully explore the caves.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)