Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.16

रौप्यैर्बिन्दुशतैश्चित्रं भूत्वा च प्रियदर्शनः। विटपीनां किसलयान् भक्षयन् विचचार ह॥

raupyairbinduśataiścitraṃ bhūtvā ca priyadarśanaḥ| viṭapīnāṃ kisalayān bhakṣayan vicacāra ha||

English Meaning

That one of lively presence having its body painted with hundreds of silver drops and living on twigs of trees began to range in the forest.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)