Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.33

सूर्यातपक्रामणनष्टपङ्का भूमिश्चिरोद्घाटितसान्द्ररेणुः। मुद्योगकालोऽद्य नराधिपानाम्॥

sūryātapakrāmaṇanaṣṭapaṅkā bhūmiścirodghāṭitasāndrareṇuḥ| mudyogakālo'dya narādhipānām||

English Meaning

The mud has been dried up by the rays of the Sun and the earth is filled with dust-this is the time for preparation for inimical kings (to enter into conflict).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)