Chapter 97 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 97.9

ततो वायुः शुभः पुण्यो दिव्यगन्धो मनोरमः। तं जनौघं सुरश्रेष्ठो ह्रादयामास सर्वतः॥ तद्भुतमिवाचिन्त्यं निरैक्षन्त समाहिताः। मानवाः सर्वराष्ट्रेभ्यः पूर्वं कृतयुगे यथा॥

tato vāyuḥ śubhaḥ puṇyo divyagandho manoramaḥ| taṃ janaughaṃ suraśreṣṭho hrādayāmāsa sarvataḥ|| tadbhutamivācintyaṃ niraikṣanta samāhitāḥ| mānavāḥ sarvarāṣṭrebhyaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge yathā||

English Meaning

As soon as those words were uttered, sweet, fragrant, cold air, the witness of virtue and vice, blowing mildly, excited the joy of the assembly. People, hailing from various countries, with all attention began to witness this wondrous and unthought of event. In the golden age only the celestial wind used to blow, and it now blew even in the Tretā Yuga and forsooth it was a matter of exceeding surprise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)