Chapter 71 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 71.17

नाद्यापि श्रूयते शब्दो मत्तानां मृगपक्षिणाम्। सरक्तां मधुरां वाणी कलं व्याहरतां बहु॥

nādyāpi śrūyate śabdo mattānāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām| saraktāṃ madhurāṃ vāṇī kalaṃ vyāharatāṃ bahu||

English Meaning

Still do I not hear the inarticulate though sweet and delicious voice of beasts and birds crying in chorus.* *Some text read muhus, momentarily.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)