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)