Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.45

क्रममाणं समीक्ष्याथ भुजगाः सागरंगमाः। व्योम्नि तं कपिशार्दूलं सुपर्णमिव मेनिरे॥

kramamāṇaṃ samīkṣyātha bhujagāḥ sāgaraṃgamāḥ| vyomni taṃ kapiśārdūlaṃ suparṇamiva menire||

English Meaning

And sea-serpents, seeing that tiger-like monkey proceeding in the sky, took him for Suparna himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)