Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.2

तं मेरुशिखराकारं दीप्तामिव शतहदाम्। गगनस्थं महीस्थास्ते ददृशुर्वानराधिपाः॥

taṃ meruśikharākāraṃ dīptāmiva śatahadām| gaganasthaṃ mahīsthāste dadṛśurvānarādhipāḥ||

English Meaning

The leading monkeys, stationed on earth, espied him on the welkin, resembling in size the summit of the mount Meru, and burning like lightning in the effulgence of his own person.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)