Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.40

अनेकवर्णाः सुविनष्टकाया नवोदितेष्वम्बुधरेषु नष्टाः। श्चिरोषिता विप्रसरन्ति सर्पाः।४।।

anekavarṇāḥ suvinaṣṭakāyā navoditeṣvambudhareṣu naṣṭāḥ| ściroṣitā viprasaranti sarpāḥ|4||

English Meaning

And venomous snakes of variegated colours, having lived for a pretty long time during the rains without food, have on the approach of the autumn, come out of their dens, hungry, in quest of their prey.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)