Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.57

सौमित्रे पश्य पम्पायाचित्रासु वनराजिषु। किंनरा नरशार्दूल विचरन्ति यतस्ततः॥ इमानि शुभगन्धीनि पश्य लक्ष्मण सर्वशः। नलिनानि प्रकाशन्ते जले तरुणसूर्यवत्॥

saumitre paśya pampāyācitrāsu vanarājiṣu| kiṃnarā naraśārdūla vicaranti yatastataḥ|| imāni śubhagandhīni paśya lakṣmaṇa sarvaśaḥ| nalināni prakāśante jale taruṇasūryavat||

English Meaning

Behold, O Saumitri, O foremost of men, the Kinnaras are ranging at large in this variegated forest land on the banks of Pampā. Behold, O Lakşmaņa, here the fragrant red lotuses are shedding forth their splendour like to the newly risen sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)