Chapter 13 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 13.7

तटाकवैरिणश्चापि शुक्लदन्तविभूषितान्। घोरानेकचरान्वन्यान् द्विरदान् कूलघातिनः॥ मत्तान् गिरितटोत्कृष्टान् पर्वतानिव जङ्गमान्। वानरान् द्विरदप्रख्यान् महीरेणुसमुक्षितान् ॥ वने वनचरांश्चान्यान् खेचरांश्च विहंगमान्। पश्यन्तस्त्वरिता जग्मुः सुग्रीववशवर्तिनः॥

taṭākavairiṇaścāpi śukladantavibhūṣitān| ghorānekacarānvanyān dviradān kūlaghātinaḥ|| mattān giritaṭotkṛṣṭān parvatāniva jaṅgamān| vānarān dviradaprakhyān mahīreṇusamukṣitān || vane vanacarāṃścānyān khecarāṃśca vihaṃgamān| paśyantastvaritā jagmuḥ sugrīvavaśavartinaḥ||

English Meaning

They beheld frightful wild elephants having white teeth, ranging alone-the destroyers of river banks and enemies of pools. And observing many an infuriated monkey like to elephants, resembling so many moveable mountains riving the mountainous expanses crusted with dust, and many other wild beasts and birds the followers of Sugrīva wended their way.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)