Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.36

षट्पादतन्त्रीमधुराभिधानं प्लवङ्गमोदीरितकण्ठतालम्। वनेषु संगीतमिव प्रवृत्तम्॥

ṣaṭpādatantrīmadhurābhidhānaṃ plavaṅgamodīritakaṇṭhatālam| vaneṣu saṃgītamiva pravṛttam||

English Meaning

The sonorous humming of the bees, being accompanied by the guttural sound of the frogs and the mutterings of the clouds resembling the sound of Mrdangas, an organised music, as if, has began in the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)