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)