Chapter 78 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 78.8

सोऽहं वर्षसहस्राणि तपस्त्रीणि महावने। तप्त्वा सुदुष्करं प्राप्तो ब्रह्मलोकमनुत्तमम्॥

so'haṃ varṣasahasrāṇi tapastrīṇi mahāvane| taptvā suduṣkaraṃ prāpto brahmalokamanuttamam||

English Meaning

Having performed hard penances in this forest, for three thousand years I at last attained to the region of Brahmā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)