Chapter 32 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 32.7

तास्तु यौवनशालिन्यो रूपवत्यः स्वलंकृताः। उद्यानभूमिमागम्य प्रावृषीव शतदाः॥ गायन्त्यो नृत्यमानाश्च वादयन्त्यस्तु राघव। आमोदं परमं जग्मुर्वराभरणभूषिताः॥ अथ ताश्चारुसर्वाङ्गयो रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि। उद्यानभूमिमागम्य तारा इव धनान्तरे॥ ताः सर्वा गुणसम्पन्ना रूपयौवनसंयुताः। दृष्ट्वा सर्वात्मको वायुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

tāstu yauvanaśālinyo rūpavatyaḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ| udyānabhūmimāgamya prāvṛṣīva śatadāḥ|| gāyantyo nṛtyamānāśca vādayantyastu rāghava| āmodaṃ paramaṃ jagmurvarābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ|| atha tāścārusarvāṅgayo rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi| udyānabhūmimāgamya tārā iva dhanāntare|| tāḥ sarvā guṇasampannā rūpayauvanasaṃyutāḥ| dṛṣṭvā sarvātmako vāyuridaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

And it came to pass that they endowed with youth, beautiful and like to the lighting in the rainy season, decked in excellent ornaments, coming to their garden were merrily singing and dancing and playing on musical instruments, O Rāghava! And as they perfect in every limb, and unparalleled on earth in beauty, and endowed with all qualities, and furnished with youth and grace, were in the garden, like to stars embossed among clouds, that life of all (the air, beheld them and said.)12-13-14-15

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)