Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.44

वातावधूता सुप्तैकहंसं कुमुदैरुपेतं महाहृदस्थं सलिलं विभाति। धनैर्विमुक्तं निशि पूर्णचन्द्रं तारागणाकीर्णमिवान्तरिक्षम्॥

vātāvadhūtā suptaikahaṃsaṃ kumudairupetaṃ mahāhṛdasthaṃ salilaṃ vibhāti| dhanairvimuktaṃ niśi pūrṇacandraṃ tārāgaṇākīrṇamivāntarikṣam||

English Meaning

The water, of the lake filled with sleeping drakes and water lilies, is appearing like the sky in the night devoid of clouds and filled with the Full Moon and stars.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)