Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.51

सचक्रवाकानि सशैवलानि काशैर्दुकूलैरिव संवृतानि। सपत्ररेखाणि सरोचनानि वधूमुखानीव नदीमुखानि ॥

sacakravākāni saśaivalāni kāśairdukūlairiva saṃvṛtāni| sapatrarekhāṇi sarocanāni vadhūmukhānīva nadīmukhāni ||

English Meaning

The mouths of the rivers, filled with Cakravākas, covered with aquatic plants and clothed with Kāśas are appearing like to the countenances of damsels pasted with yellow pigments.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)