Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.29

नभः समीक्ष्याम्बुधरैर्विमुक्तं विमुक्तबर्हाभरणा वनेषु। प्रियास्वरक्ता विनिवृत्तशोभा गतोत्सवा ध्यानपरा मयूराः॥

nabhaḥ samīkṣyāmbudharairvimuktaṃ vimuktabarhābharaṇā vaneṣu| priyāsvaraktā vinivṛttaśobhā gatotsavā dhyānaparā mayūrāḥ||

English Meaning

Beholding the sky divested of clouds, without manifesting the beauty of their tails and renouncing their attachment to their beloved mates, amusements and beauty, the peacocks are as if all engaged in mediation in the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)