Chapter 22 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 22.3

ततो वायुः सुखस्पर्शो नीरजस्को ववौ तदा। विश्वामित्रगतं रामं दृष्ट्वा राजीवलोचनम्॥ पुष्पवृष्टिर्महत्यासीद् देवदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनैः। शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषः प्रयाते तु महात्मनि ॥

tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśo nīrajasko vavau tadā| viśvāmitragataṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanam|| puṣpavṛṣṭirmahatyāsīd devadundubhiniḥsvanaiḥ| śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ prayāte tu mahātmani ||

English Meaning

Then there blow a Breeze free from dust and of delicious feel, on witnessing the lotus-eyed Rāma at the hands of Viśvāmitra. And as the high-souled one was about to set out, blossoms began to shower down copiously, accompanied with the sounds of celestial kettle-drums and the loud blares of conch.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)