Chapter 14 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 14.20

ततोऽम्बुधरसंकाशं प्रवृद्धशिखरं गिरिम्। विचित्रकूट कूटैश्च सर्वतः परिवारितम्॥ शिलागृहैरवततं नानावृक्षसमावृतम्। ददर्श कपिशार्दूलो रम्यं जगति पर्वतम्॥

tato'mbudharasaṃkāśaṃ pravṛddhaśikharaṃ girim| vicitrakūṭa kūṭaiśca sarvataḥ parivāritam|| śilāgṛhairavatataṃ nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam| dadarśa kapiśārdūlo ramyaṃ jagati parvatam||

English Meaning

Thereupon that foremost of monkeys beheld there a mountain-the most picturesque in the world, resembling clouds, having high summits, covered on all sides with peaks and filled with hilly abodes and various trees.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)