Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.4

बस्वोकसारप्रतिमां समीक्ष्य नगरी ततः। खमिवोत्पतितां लङ्कां जहर्ष हनुमान् कपिः॥

basvokasārapratimāṃ samīkṣya nagarī tataḥ| khamivotpatitāṃ laṅkāṃ jaharṣa hanumān kapiḥ||

English Meaning

And then beholding the city Lankā, resembling Vasvokasāra,* and appearing to mount to the welkin, the monkey Hanumān was filled with rapture. *Alaka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)