Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.4

नीललोहितमाञ्जिष्ठपद्मवर्णैः सितासितैः। स्वभावसिद्धैर्विमलैर्धातुभिः समलंकृतम्॥ कामरूपिभिराविष्टमभीक्ष्णं सपरिच्छदैः। यक्षकिन्नरगन्धर्वैर्देवकल्पैः सपन्नगैः॥ स तस्य गिरिवर्यस्य तले नागवरायुते। तिष्ठन् कपिवरस्तत्र हृदे नाग इवाबभौ॥

nīlalohitamāñjiṣṭhapadmavarṇaiḥ sitāsitaiḥ| svabhāvasiddhairvimalairdhātubhiḥ samalaṃkṛtam|| kāmarūpibhirāviṣṭamabhīkṣṇaṃ saparicchadaiḥ| yakṣakinnaragandharvairdevakalpaiḥ sapannagaiḥ|| sa tasya girivaryasya tale nāgavarāyute| tiṣṭhan kapivarastatra hṛde nāga ivābabhau||

English Meaning

There were various minerals on the Mahendra hill was shining by rosy, ruby-like and white and black hues, which was constantly visited by Yaksas, Kinnaras,, Gandharvas, Nāgas resembling to the celestials capable in their pristine lustre, there Hanumān standing at its foot looked like an elephant immersed in a lake!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)