Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.33

क्वचित् प्रगीता इव षट्पदौथैः क्वचित् प्रर्तृत्ता इव नीलकण्ठैः। विभान्त्यनेकाश्रयिणो वनान्ताः॥

kvacit pragītā iva ṣaṭpadauthaiḥ kvacit prartṛttā iva nīlakaṇṭhaiḥ| vibhāntyanekāśrayiṇo vanāntāḥ||

English Meaning

Somewhere the bees are humming, somewhere the peacocks are dancing-somewhere are raging the infuriated elephants and in this way the forest-land has assumed diverse appearances.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)