Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.12

विक्षिपन् विविधाः शाखा नगानां कुसुमोत्कटाः। मारुतश्चलितस्थानैः षट्पदैरनुगीयते॥

vikṣipan vividhāḥ śākhā nagānāṃ kusumotkaṭāḥ| mārutaścalitasthānaiḥ ṣaṭpadairanugīyate||

English Meaning

The black bees, driven off and singing, pursue the wind, moving the many kinds of flowery branches of the trees.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)