Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.14

इति ब्रुवन्तं मुदिताः प्रत्यनन्दन् नृपा नृपम्। वृष्टिमन्तं महामेघं नर्दन्त इव बर्हिणः॥

iti bruvantaṃ muditāḥ pratyanandan nṛpā nṛpam| vṛṣṭimantaṃ mahāmeghaṃ nardanta iva barhiṇaḥ||

English Meaning

As the king had said this, the princes, exceedingly delighted, seconded him even as peacocks dance at sight of a mighty mass of clouds showering down rain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)