Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.36

पश्य लक्ष्मण नृत्यन्तं मयूरमुपनृत्यति ॥ शिखिनी मन्मथातॆषा भर्तारं गिरिसानुनि।

paśya lakṣmaṇa nṛtyantaṃ mayūramupanṛtyati || śikhinī manmathātèṣā bhartāraṃ girisānuni|

English Meaning

Observe, O Laksmana, there dance with her dancing mate on the mountainous expanse, the pea-hen, troubled with amorous sentiments.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)