Chapter 25 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 25.35

पुलिने गिरिनद्यास्तु विविक्ते जलसंवृते॥ चितां चक्रुः सुबहवो वानरा वनचारिणः। अवरोप्य ततः स्कन्धाच्छिबिकां वानरोत्तमाः॥

puline girinadyāstu vivikte jalasaṃvṛte|| citāṃ cakruḥ subahavo vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ| avaropya tataḥ skandhācchibikāṃ vānarottamāḥ||

English Meaning

Monkeys, ranging in the forest, made funeral piles on the banks of the hill-streams and in solitary watery nooks. Thereupon laying down from their shoulders the conveyance, those foremost of monkeys stationed themselves in a corner, being stricken with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)