Chapter 77 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 77.6

गायन्ति काश्चिद्रम्याणि वादयन्ति तथापराः॥ मृदङ्गवीणापणवान्नृत्यन्ति च तथापराः। अपराश्चन्द्ररशम्याभैर्हेमदण्डैर्महाधनैः॥ दोधूयुर्वदनं तस्य पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षणाः।

gāyanti kāścidramyāṇi vādayanti tathāparāḥ|| mṛdaṅgavīṇāpaṇavānnṛtyanti ca tathāparāḥ| aparāścandraraśamyābhairhemadaṇḍairmahādhanaiḥ|| dodhūyurvadanaṃ tasya puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇāḥ|

English Meaning

Some of them were singing, some dancing and some playing on Mşdanga, Vīņā and other musical instruments and some were fanning his lotus-like countenance with valuable, golden chowries, dazzling like the rays of the moon.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)