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)