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)