Chapter 54 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 54.12

तेषु तेषु महार्हेषु भवनेषु महायशाः। गृहेष्वृद्धिमतामृद्धिं ददाह कपिकुञ्जरः॥

teṣu teṣu mahārheṣu bhavaneṣu mahāyaśāḥ| gṛheṣvṛddhimatāmṛddhiṃ dadāha kapikuñjaraḥ||

English Meaning

In those costly mansions and dwellings, that famous one, that foremost of monkeys, burnt all the wealth of those affluent persons.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)