Chapter 114 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 114.3

अल्पोष्णक्षुब्धसलिलां धर्मतप्तविहंगमाम्। लीनमीनझषग्राहां कृशां गिरिनदीमिव॥

alpoṣṇakṣubdhasalilāṃ dharmataptavihaṃgamām| līnamīnajhaṣagrāhāṃ kṛśāṃ girinadīmiva||

English Meaning

Like to a mountain stream shrunk up, having its waters turbid and slightly heated, and its fowls burning in the heat; and with its fishes, alligators and other aquatic animals rendered lean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)