Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.45

वर्षप्रवेगा विपुलाः पतन्ति प्रवान्ति वाताः समुदीर्णवेगाः। प्रनष्टकूलाः प्रवहन्ति शीघ्र नद्यो जलं विप्रतिपन्नमार्गाः॥

varṣapravegā vipulāḥ patanti pravānti vātāḥ samudīrṇavegāḥ| pranaṣṭakūlāḥ pravahanti śīghra nadyo jalaṃ vipratipannamārgāḥ||

English Meaning

(In this season) heavy showers set in—the wind bloweth mightily and the rivers breaking down their banks flow quickly blockading the wayfares.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)