Chapter 60 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 60.7

हृष्टपक्षिगणाकीर्णः कन्दरोदरकूटवान्। दक्षिणस्योदधेस्तीरे विन्ध्योऽयमिति निश्चितः॥

hṛṣṭapakṣigaṇākīrṇaḥ kandarodarakūṭavān| dakṣiṇasyodadhestīre vindhyo'yamiti niścitaḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing this place abounding in cheerful birds, containing woods and crested with summits, I for certain concluded it to be Vindhya on the shores of the Southern sea.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)