Chapter 15 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 15.4

प्रदीप्तामिव तत्रस्थो मारुतिः समुदैक्षत। निष्पत्रशाखां विहगैः क्रियमाणामिवासकृत्॥

pradīptāmiva tatrastho mārutiḥ samudaikṣata| niṣpatraśākhāṃ vihagaiḥ kriyamāṇāmivāsakṛt||

English Meaning

And stationed there Maruti beheld trees as if devoid of leaves on account of the hundreds of birds, adorned with various flowers, resorting there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)