Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.20

नीलोत्पलदलश्यामाः श्यामीकृत्वा दिशो दश। विमदा इव मातङ्गा शान्तवेगाः पयोधराः॥

nīlotpaladalaśyāmāḥ śyāmīkṛtvā diśo daśa| vimadā iva mātaṅgā śāntavegāḥ payodharāḥ||

English Meaning

Having made the ten quarters dark blue, the clouds, resembling blue lotuses, have become calm, like to elephants without temporal juice.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)