Chapter 2 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 2.9

तस्याभ्याशे तु मिथुनं चरन्तमनपायिनम्। ददर्श भगवांस्तत्र क्रौञ्चयोश्चारुनिःस्वनम्॥

tasyābhyāśe tu mithunaṃ carantamanapāyinam| dadarśa bhagavāṃstatra krauñcayoścāruniḥsvanam||

English Meaning

In the vicinity of the forest, that worshipful one espied a pair of Krauñcas, emitting melodious notes, and ranging around never parting from one another.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)