Chapter 12 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 12.14

सर्वमप्यवकाशं स विचचार महाकपिः। चतुरङ्गुलमात्रोऽपि नावकाशः स विद्यते। रावणान्तःपुरे तस्मिन् यं कपिर्न जगाम सः॥

sarvamapyavakāśaṃ sa vicacāra mahākapiḥ| caturaṅgulamātro'pi nāvakāśaḥ sa vidyate| rāvaṇāntaḥpure tasmin yaṃ kapirna jagāma saḥ||

English Meaning

There was not even space measuring four fingers in that inner apartment of Rāvana, to which the monkey did not repair.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)