Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.21

वर्षोदकाप्यायितशाद्वलानि प्रवृत्तनृत्तोत्सवबर्हिणानि। वनानि निर्वृष्टबलाहकानि पश्यापराह्वेष्वधिकं विभान्ति ॥

varṣodakāpyāyitaśādvalāni pravṛttanṛttotsavabarhiṇāni| vanāni nirvṛṣṭabalāhakāni paśyāparāhveṣvadhikaṃ vibhānti ||

English Meaning

The forest-lands, having their green pastures emerged in water, with peacocks dancing all around with joy and clouds discharging their watery volumes incessantly, are appearing more graceful in the evening.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)