Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.21

तां प्रविश्य महाद्वारा सर्वतो योजनायताम्। कुम्भकर्णगुहां रम्यां पुष्पगन्धप्रवाहिनीम्॥ कुम्भकर्णस्य निःश्वासादवधूता महाबलाः। प्रतिष्ठमानाः कृच्छ्रेण यत्नात्प्रविविशुर्गुहाम्॥

tāṃ praviśya mahādvārā sarvato yojanāyatām| kumbhakarṇaguhāṃ ramyāṃ puṣpagandhapravāhinīm|| kumbhakarṇasya niḥśvāsādavadhūtā mahābalāḥ| pratiṣṭhamānāḥ kṛcchreṇa yatnātpraviviśurguhām||

English Meaning

And entering Kumbhakarņa's charming cave having a wide gateway, measuring a yojana breathing around perfumes of flowers, those highly powerful ones, pushed off by Kumbhakarna's breath, with the utmost energy they could summon up stood their ground and entered the cave.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)