Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.40

नीलेषु नीला नववारिपूर्णा मेघेषु मेघाः प्रतिभान्ति सक्ताः। दवाग्निदग्धेषु दवाग्निदग्धाः शैलेषु शैला इव बद्धमूलाः॥

nīleṣu nīlā navavāripūrṇā megheṣu meghāḥ pratibhānti saktāḥ| davāgnidagdheṣu davāgnidagdhāḥ śaileṣu śailā iva baddhamūlāḥ||

English Meaning

Clouds, big with new waters coming in, contact with violet ones are appearing as such; and sometimes, touching the hills brunt by forest-fire, are appearing like deep-rooted hills.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)