Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.52

एष वे तत्र वैदेह्या विहगः प्रतिहारकः। पक्षी मां तु विशालाक्ष्याः समीपमुपनेष्यति ॥

eṣa ve tatra vaidehyā vihagaḥ pratihārakaḥ| pakṣī māṃ tu viśālākṣyāḥ samīpamupaneṣyati ||

English Meaning

This bird flying up in the sky brought about Sītā's ravishment and this bird shall take me to her having expansive eyes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)