Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.23

तमतिक्रम्य शैलेन्द्र महेन्द्रपरिपालितम्। षष्टिं गिरिसहस्राणि काञ्चनानि गमिष्यथ॥ तरुणादित्यवर्णानि भ्राजमानानि सर्वशः। जातरूपमयैर्वृक्षैः शोभितानि सुपुष्पितैः॥

tamatikramya śailendra mahendraparipālitam| ṣaṣṭiṃ girisahasrāṇi kāñcanāni gamiṣyatha|| taruṇādityavarṇāni bhrājamānāni sarvaśaḥ| jātarūpamayairvṛkṣaiḥ śobhitāni supuṣpitaiḥ||

English Meaning

Having passed by that mountain protected by Mahendra, you shall repair to sixty thousand hills of gold; in hue like the infant sun, and blazing on all sides and embellished by blossoming golden trees,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)