Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.18

नवं जलं पर्वतधातुताम्रम्। मयूरकेकाभिरनुप्रयातं शैलापगाः शीघ्रतरं वहन्ति ॥

navaṃ jalaṃ parvatadhātutāmram| mayūrakekābhiranuprayātaṃ śailāpagāḥ śīghrataraṃ vahanti ||

English Meaning

There speedily pass by the hill streams, being resounded with the cries of peacocks, carrying with the current Sarja and Kadamba flowers and having their coppery contents mixed with the metals of the mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)