Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.41

मुद्गच्छमानं व्यवभासमानम्। ददर्श चन्द्रं स कपिप्रवीरः पोप्लूयमानं सरसीव हंसम्॥

mudgacchamānaṃ vyavabhāsamānam| dadarśa candraṃ sa kapipravīraḥ poplūyamānaṃ sarasīva haṃsam||

English Meaning

And that heroic monkey behold the Moon possessing the sheen of a conch, and hued like milk or the lotus-stalk, arisen and afloat (in the welkin), like a swan swimming in a tank.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)