Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.30

अङ्गारचूर्णोत्करसंनिकाशैः फलैः सुपर्याप्तरसैः समृद्धैः। जम्बूदुमाणां प्रविभान्ति शाखा निपीयमाना इव षट्पदौघैः॥

aṅgāracūrṇotkarasaṃnikāśaiḥ phalaiḥ suparyāptarasaiḥ samṛddhaiḥ| jambūdumāṇāṃ pravibhānti śākhā nipīyamānā iva ṣaṭpadaughaiḥ||

English Meaning

The branches of rose-apple trees containing enough of fruits like to a collection of char coal are so appearing as if the black bees are drinking the juice thereof.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)