Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.38

मयूरस्य वने नूनं रक्षसा न हृता प्रिया॥ तस्मान्नृत्यति रम्येषु वनेषु सह कान्तया।

mayūrasya vane nūnaṃ rakṣasā na hṛtā priyā|| tasmānnṛtyati ramyeṣu vaneṣu saha kāntayā|

English Meaning

Surely the Rākşasa has not brought my dear one in this forest of peacocks and therefore they dance with their mates in this picturesque forest land.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)