Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.48

वनप्रचण्डा मधुपानशौण्डाः प्रियान्विताः षट्चरणाः प्रहृष्टाः। वनेषु मत्ताः पवनानुयात्रां कुर्वन्ति पद्मासनरेणुगौराः॥

vanapracaṇḍā madhupānaśauṇḍāḥ priyānvitāḥ ṣaṭcaraṇāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ| vaneṣu mattāḥ pavanānuyātrāṃ kurvanti padmāsanareṇugaurāḥ||

English Meaning

The black bees, bold, given to drinking honey, rendered yellow with the filaments of lotuses and Asana flowers, delighted and accompanied by their mates are following the wind in the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)