Chapter 28 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 28.3

एषां कोटिसहस्राणि नव पञ्च च सप्त च। तथा शङ्कुसहस्राणि तथा वृन्दशतानि च॥ एते सुग्रीवसचिवाः किष्किन्धानिलयाः सदा। हरयो देवगन्धर्वैरुत्पन्नाः कामरूपिणः॥

eṣāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi nava pañca ca sapta ca| tathā śaṅkusahasrāṇi tathā vṛndaśatāni ca|| ete sugrīvasacivāḥ kiṣkindhānilayāḥ sadā| harayo devagandharvairutpannāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ||

English Meaning

These, numbering nine, five, and seven thousand koțis and thousand sankus and an hundred urindas, are the ministers of Sugriva, residing in Kişkindhā-monkeys begot by gods and Gandharvas, capable of assuming shapes at will.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)