Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.6

तानि नीडानि सिंहानां गिरिशृङ्गगताश्च ये। दृप्तास्तृप्ताश्च मातङ्गास्तोयदस्वननिःस्वनाः॥ विचरन्ति विशालेऽस्मिंस्तोयपूर्णे समन्ततः।

tāni nīḍāni siṃhānāṃ giriśṛṅgagatāśca ye| dṛptāstṛptāśca mātaṅgāstoyadasvananiḥsvanāḥ|| vicaranti viśāle'smiṃstoyapūrṇe samantataḥ|

English Meaning

The proud elephants carried to the nests and remaining on the summits of the mountain, possessing the roar of clouds, having been gratified (with food), range around this extensive table-land filled with water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)