Chapter 52 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 52.25

एष विन्ध्यो गिरिः श्रीमान् नानादुमलतायुतः॥ एष प्रस्रवणः शैलः सागरोऽयं महोदधिः। स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु गमिष्यामि भवनं वानरर्षभाः। इत्युक्त्वा तद् बिलं श्रीमत् प्रविवेश स्वयंप्रभा॥

eṣa vindhyo giriḥ śrīmān nānādumalatāyutaḥ|| eṣa prasravaṇaḥ śailaḥ sāgaro'yaṃ mahodadhiḥ| svasti vo'stu gamiṣyāmi bhavanaṃ vānararṣabhāḥ| ityuktvā tad bilaṃ śrīmat praviveśa svayaṃprabhā||

English Meaning

This is the fair Vindhya mountain filled with various trees and herbs. This is the Praśravaņa hill; and this is the great deep. Fair Fortune! I go to my abode, you foremost of monkeys. Having spokea thus, Svayamprabhā entered that captivating cave.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)