Chapter 11 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 11.7

अन्यत्रापि वरस्त्रीणां रूपसंलापशायिनाम्। सहस्रं युवतीनां तु प्रसुप्तं स ददर्श ह॥

anyatrāpi varastrīṇāṃ rūpasaṃlāpaśāyinām| sahasraṃ yuvatīnāṃ tu prasuptaṃ sa dadarśa ha||

English Meaning

At other places also he saw thousands of superb and youthful dames fast asleep, employed in talking of each other's beauty.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)