Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.36

त्यक्त्वा वराण्यात्मविभूषितानि बर्हाणि तीरोपगता नदीनाम्। निर्भय॑माना इव सारसौषैः प्रयान्ति दीना विमना मयूराः॥

tyaktvā varāṇyātmavibhūṣitāni barhāṇi tīropagatā nadīnām| nirbhaya̭mānā iva sārasauṣaiḥ prayānti dīnā vimanā mayūrāḥ||

English Meaning

Leaving behind their excellent ornamentsthe tails, the peacocks, getting at the banks of the rivers, have been going away poorly and with depressed hearts as if being remonstrated with by the Sārasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)