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)