Chapter 61 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 61.16

ततो वनं तत् परिभक्ष्यमाणं दुमांश्च विध्वंसितपत्रपुष्पान्। समीक्ष्य कोपाद् दधिवक्त्रनामा निवारयामास कपिः कपीस्तान्॥

tato vanaṃ tat paribhakṣyamāṇaṃ dumāṃśca vidhvaṃsitapatrapuṣpān| samīkṣya kopād dadhivaktranāmā nivārayāmāsa kapiḥ kapīstān||

English Meaning

Thereupon beholding all the fruits eaten up and the trees divested of leaves and flowers, the monkey Dadhimukha and worked up with ire and attempted to prevent them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)