Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.42

नवाम्बुधाराहतकेसराणि ध्रुवं परिष्वज्य सरोरुहाणि। कदम्बपुष्पाणि सकेसराणि नवानि हृष्टा भ्रमराः पिबन्ति ॥

navāmbudhārāhatakesarāṇi dhruvaṃ pariṣvajya saroruhāṇi| kadambapuṣpāṇi sakesarāṇi navāni hṛṣṭā bhramarāḥ pibanti ||

English Meaning

The black bees, delighted, are drinking honey, embracing the shower-distressed and filaments of the lotuses and Kadamba flowers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)