Chapter 6 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 6.19

सहस्रं वाहिनीस्तत्र जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताः॥ हेमजालैरविच्छिन्नास्तरुणादित्यसंनिभाः। ददर्श राक्षसेन्द्रस्य रावणस्य निवेशने॥ शिबिका विविधाकाराः स कपिर्मारुतात्मजः।

sahasraṃ vāhinīstatra jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ|| hemajālairavicchinnāstaruṇādityasaṃnibhāḥ| dadarśa rākṣasendrasya rāvaṇasya niveśane|| śibikā vividhākārāḥ sa kapirmārutātmajaḥ|

English Meaning

That monkey, son to the Wind-god, saw in the mansion of the lord of Rākşasas, Rāvana, hosts by thousands; and cars of various forms of glittering gold, furnished all over with golden net-works, resembling the risen sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)