Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.17

पाण्डुरारुणवर्णानि स्रोतांसि विमलान्यपि। सुस्रुवुर्गिरिधातुभ्यः सभस्मानि भुजंगवत्॥

pāṇḍurāruṇavarṇāni srotāṃsi vimalānyapi| susruvurgiridhātubhyaḥ sabhasmāni bhujaṃgavat||

English Meaning

And the waters although unstained, being mixed up with mineral substances and ashes from the mountains, flowed in serpentine torrents black and red.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)