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)