Chapter 7 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 7.10

कृताश्च वैदूर्यमया विहङ्गा रूप्यप्रवालैश्च तथा विहङ्गाः। चित्राश्च नानावसुभिर्भुजङ्गा जात्यानुरूपास्तुरगाः शुभाङ्गाः॥ प्रवालजाम्बूनदपुष्पपक्षाः सलीलमावर्जितजिह्मपक्षाः। कामस्य साक्षादिव भान्ति पक्षाः कृता विहङ्गाः सुमुखाः सुपक्षाः॥

kṛtāśca vaidūryamayā vihaṅgā rūpyapravālaiśca tathā vihaṅgāḥ| citrāśca nānāvasubhirbhujaṅgā jātyānurūpāsturagāḥ śubhāṅgāḥ|| pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣāḥ salīlamāvarjitajihmapakṣāḥ| kāmasya sākṣādiva bhānti pakṣāḥ kṛtā vihaṅgāḥ sumukhāḥ supakṣāḥ||

English Meaning

And in that car) were birds made of lapis lazulis; and (other) birds composed of silver and coral; and variegated serpents made of various precious metals; and fair-bodied steeds resembling those of superior breeds; and there were constructed birds having graceful mouths; and fair, tapering, playful and contracted plumage, bearing blossoms made of coral and gold, like to the very plumage of Kama himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)