Chapter 60 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 60.9

अष्टौ वर्षसहस्राणि तेनास्मिन्नृषिणा गिरौ। वसतो मम धर्मज्ञे स्वर्गते तु निशाकरे॥

aṣṭau varṣasahasrāṇi tenāsminnṛṣiṇā girau| vasato mama dharmajñe svargate tu niśākare||

English Meaning

After Niśākara cognizant of virtue had gone to heaven, I bereft of that saint, passed eight thousand years in this mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)