Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.9

कोट्यस्तत्र चतुर्विंशद् गन्धर्वाणां तपस्विनाम्॥ वसन्त्यग्निनिकाशानां घोराणां पापकर्मणाम्। पावकार्चिः प्रतीकाशाः समवेताः समन्ततः॥

koṭyastatra caturviṃśad gandharvāṇāṃ tapasvinām|| vasantyagninikāśānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ pāpakarmaṇām| pāvakārciḥ pratīkāśāḥ samavetāḥ samantataḥ||

English Meaning

There dwell all around in a body four and twenty kotis of ascetic Gandharvas, resembling fire, dreadful, practicising impiety, and like to flames of fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)