Chapter 26 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 26.15

न हस्ती चाग्रतः श्रीमान् सर्वलक्षणपूजितः। प्रयाणे लक्ष्यते वीर कृष्णमेघगिरिपर्भः॥

na hastī cāgrataḥ śrīmān sarvalakṣaṇapūjitaḥ| prayāṇe lakṣyate vīra kṛṣṇameghagiriparbhaḥ||

English Meaning

Why does not that excellent elephant precede you, Oh great hero, which is gifted with auspicious marks and resembles as mass of dark clouds and a mighty hill?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)