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)