Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.21

पुत्रः किल स शक्रस्य वायसः पततां वरः। धरान्तरं गतः शीघ्रं पवनस्य गतौ समः॥

putraḥ kila sa śakrasya vāyasaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ| dharāntaraṃ gataḥ śīghraṃ pavanasya gatau samaḥ||

English Meaning

That crow, best of birds, was the son of the lord of the celestials in disguise. And gifted with air-like velocity, he speedily entered inside the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)