Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.32

मार्गानुगः शैलवनानुसारी सम्प्रस्थितो मेघरवं निशम्य। युद्धाभिकामः प्रतिनादशङ्की मत्तो गजेन्द्रः प्रतिसंनिवृत्तः॥

mārgānugaḥ śailavanānusārī samprasthito megharavaṃ niśamya| yuddhābhikāmaḥ pratinādaśaṅkī matto gajendraḥ pratisaṃnivṛttaḥ||

English Meaning

The infuriated lord of elephants, following in the track and ranging in the hills and forests hearing the muttering of clouds and taking it for the uproar of another elephant, has turned back, with a view to enter into conflict with him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)