Valmiki Ramayana · Sundara Kanda · Sarga 1
पीड्यमानस्तु बलिना महेन्द्रस्तेन पर्वतः। रीतीर्निर्वर्तयामास काञ्चनाञ्जनराजतीः
pīḍyamānastu balinā mahendrastena parvataḥ| rītīrnirvartayāmāsa kāñcanāñjanarājatīḥ
Pressed by the powerful Hanuman, mount Mahendra let out streams of the hue of gold and silver (containing the ores of these minerals)৷৷
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
The mountain releases streams of gold and silver — its mineral wealth pouring out under Hanuman's pressure. This is more than poetry: in the Indian imagination, the earth's treasures respond to divine presence. The mountain gives its riches freely.
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