Chapter 16 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 16.21

अवस्यायतमोनद्धा नीहारतमसावृताः। प्रसुप्ता इव लक्ष्यन्ते विपुष्पा वनराजयः॥

avasyāyatamonaddhā nīhāratamasāvṛtāḥ| prasuptā iva lakṣyante vipuṣpā vanarājayaḥ||

English Meaning

And the rows of trees, shorn of their blossoms, on being enveloped with dew at night and mist at morn, look as if they were fast asleep.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)