Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.37

वित्रास्य कारण्डवचक्रवाकान् महारवैर्भिनकटा गजेन्द्राः। सरःसु बुद्धाम्बुजभूषणेषु विक्षोभ्य विक्षोभ्य जलं पिबन्ति ॥

vitrāsya kāraṇḍavacakravākān mahāravairbhinakaṭā gajendrāḥ| saraḥsu buddhāmbujabhūṣaṇeṣu vikṣobhya vikṣobhya jalaṃ pibanti ||

English Meaning

Having terrified the Kāraņdavas and Cakravākas with their mighty roars, the elephants, having cleft trunks and being agitated again and again, have been drinking water in the ponds filled with full blown lotuses.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)