Chapter 8 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 8.7

वहन्ति यत्कुण्डलशोभितानना महाशना व्योमचरा निशाचराः। विवृत्तविध्वस्तविशाललोचना महाजवा भूतगणाः सहस्रशः॥ वसन्तपुष्पोत्करचारुदर्शनं वसन्तमासादपि चारुदर्शनम्। स पुष्पकं तत्र विमानमुत्तमं ददर्श तद् वानरवीरसत्तमः॥

vahanti yatkuṇḍalaśobhitānanā mahāśanā vyomacarā niśācarāḥ| vivṛttavidhvastaviśālalocanā mahājavā bhūtagaṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ|| vasantapuṣpotkaracārudarśanaṃ vasantamāsādapi cārudarśanam| sa puṣpakaṃ tatra vimānamuttamaṃ dadarśa tad vānaravīrasattamaḥ||

English Meaning

Which was borne by rangers of the night, given to mighty meals, ranging the sky, with faces graced with ear-rings; and by thousands of ghosts possessed of terrible speed, having expansive, winkless and rolling eyes. That heroic firs of monkeys saw that excellent car, beauteous with vernal blossoms, fairer than the month of spring and furnished with flowers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)