Chapter 34 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 34.16

इत्येवं मतिमास्थाय बाली मौनमुपास्थितः। जपन्वै नैगमान्मन्त्रांस्तस्थौ पर्वतराडिव॥

ityevaṃ matimāsthāya bālī maunamupāsthitaḥ| japanvai naigamānmantrāṃstasthau parvatarāḍiva||

English Meaning

Having thought thus Vāli remained silent for sometime and reciting incantations he waited there like a mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)