Chapter 73 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 73.5

तत्र हंसाः प्लवाः कौञ्चाः कुरराश्चैव राघव॥ वल्गुस्वरा निकूजन्ति पम्पासलिलगोचराः। नोद्विजन्ते नरान् दृष्ट्वा वधस्याकोविदाः पुराः॥

tatra haṃsāḥ plavāḥ kauñcāḥ kurarāścaiva rāghava|| valgusvarā nikūjanti pampāsalilagocarāḥ| nodvijante narān dṛṣṭvā vadhasyākovidāḥ purāḥ||

English Meaning

There emit forth musical notes, swans, frogs, cranes and ospreys sporting in the lake Pampā. They are not filled with terror in view of human beings, inexperienced as they are in the matter of destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)