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)