Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.43

विपक्शालिप्रसवानि भुक्त्वा प्रहर्षिता सारसचारुपङ्क्तिः। नभः समाक्रामति शीघ्रवेगा ग्रथितेव माला॥

vipakśāliprasavāni bhuktvā praharṣitā sārasacārupaṅktiḥ| nabhaḥ samākrāmati śīghravegā grathiteva mālā||

English Meaning

Having fed on ripe white rice, the excellent rows of delighted Sārasas are flying quickly up to the sky like to a well-strung garland shaken by he wind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)