Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.54

विक्षिप्तां पवनेनैतामसौ तिलकमञ्जरीम्। षट्पदः सहसाभ्येति मदोद्भूतामिव प्रियाम्॥

vikṣiptāṃ pavanenaitāmasau tilakamañjarīm| ṣaṭpadaḥ sahasābhyeti madodbhūtāmiva priyām||

English Meaning

The Bhramaras (black-bees) are approaching the flower-stalk of Tilaka trees tossed by the wind like to intoxicated damsels.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)