Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.50

मीनोपसंदर्शितमेखलानां नदीवधूनां गतयोऽद्य मन्दाः। कान्तोपभुक्तालसगामिनीनां प्रभातकालेष्विव कामिनीनाम्॥

mīnopasaṃdarśitamekhalānāṃ nadīvadhūnāṃ gatayo'dya mandāḥ| kāntopabhuktālasagāminīnāṃ prabhātakāleṣviva kāminīnām||

English Meaning

The rivers, having fishes for their girdles, have become of slackened course like to damsels moving slowly in the dawn being enjoyed by their husbands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)