Chapter 73 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 73.19

ऋक्षांश्च द्वीपिनश्चैव नीचकोमलकप्रभान्॥ रुरूनपेतानजयान् दृष्ट्वा शोकं प्रहास्यसि।

ṛkṣāṃśca dvīpinaścaiva nīcakomalakaprabhān|| rurūnapetānajayān dṛṣṭvā śokaṃ prahāsyasi|

English Meaning

Do you assuage your grief, beholding there the bears, wolves and Rurus of a tender countenance like to sapphire, who are harmless and never afraid of human beings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)