Chapter 5 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 5.16

स्त्रियो ज्वलन्तीस्त्रपयोपगूढा निशीथकाले रमणोपगूढाः। ददर्श काश्चित् प्रमदोपगूढा यथा विहंगा विहगोपगूढाः॥

striyo jvalantīstrapayopagūḍhā niśīthakāle ramaṇopagūḍhāḥ| dadarśa kāścit pramadopagūḍhā yathā vihaṃgā vihagopagūḍhāḥ||

English Meaning

At dead of night Hanuman saw some females blazing in beauty affected simultaneously with bashfulness and bliss, on being embraced by their paramours, like birds embracing their mates.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)