Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.81

स राजमार्गं वपुषा प्रकाशयन् सहस्ररश्मिर्धरणीमिवांशुभिः। जगाम तत्राञ्जलिमालया वृतः शतक्रतुर्गेहमिव स्वयंभुवः॥

sa rājamārgaṃ vapuṣā prakāśayan sahasraraśmirdharaṇīmivāṃśubhiḥ| jagāma tatrāñjalimālayā vṛtaḥ śatakraturgehamiva svayaṃbhuvaḥ||

English Meaning

Illuming the highway with the splendour of his person, like the thousand-rayed (Sun) discovering the earth with his rays, (Kumbhakarna) went on, engirt around by joined hands resembling wreaths, like Śatakratu* going to the abode of the Self-sprung. *Lit. him of an hundred sacrifices-an appellation of Indra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)