Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.31

प्रियान्वितानां नलिनीप्रियाणां वने प्रियाणां कुसुमोद्गतानाम्। मदोत्कटानां मदलालसानां गजोत्तमानां गतयोऽद्य मन्दाः॥

priyānvitānāṃ nalinīpriyāṇāṃ vane priyāṇāṃ kusumodgatānām| madotkaṭānāṃ madalālasānāṃ gajottamānāṃ gatayo'dya mandāḥ||

English Meaning

The gaits, of the elephants rendered idle with a profuse discharge of temporal juice, fond of forests and water lilies, smelling the fragrance of the flowers of Saptachada trees and accompanied by their mates, have become slow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)