Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.28

अपरासां च वैदूर्याः कादम्बा इव पक्षिणः। हेमसूत्राणि चान्यासां चक्रवाका इवाभवन्॥

aparāsāṃ ca vaidūryāḥ kādambā iva pakṣiṇaḥ| hemasūtrāṇi cānyāsāṃ cakravākā ivābhavan||

English Meaning

And the lapis chains of some resembled water-crows;* and the fine golden chains turned upside down of other appeared like ruddy geese. *Kadamba-a drake; or, according to some, a teal; a gander; or the species gallinula porphyria.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)