Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.30

यत्र तिष्ठति धर्मज्ञस्तपसा स्वेन भावितः। मेरुसावर्णिरित्येष ख्यातो चै ब्रह्मणा समः॥ ।।

yatra tiṣṭhati dharmajñastapasā svena bhāvitaḥ| merusāvarṇirityeṣa khyāto cai brahmaṇā samaḥ|| ||

English Meaning

There dwells there the righteous and famous Merusāvarani, sanctified by virtue of his own ascesticism, and like to Brahmā himself*. *Like to Prajāpati dwelling by Mahameru.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)