Chapter 43 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 43.11

असर्पत जलं तत्र तीव्रशब्दपुरस्कृतम्। मत्स्यकच्छपसबैश्च शिंशुमारगणैस्तथा॥ पतद्भिः पतितैश्चैव व्यरोचत वसुंधरा।

asarpata jalaṃ tatra tīvraśabdapuraskṛtam| matsyakacchapasabaiśca śiṃśumāragaṇaistathā|| patadbhiḥ patitaiścaiva vyarocata vasuṃdharā|

English Meaning

And there her waters flowed with thundering sounds. And earth looked beautiful with swarms of fallen and falling fishes, and tortoises, and porpoises.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)