Chapter 22 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 22.67

अन्ये मध्येन गच्छन्ति पार्श्वतोऽन्ये प्लवंगमाः॥ सलिलं प्रपतन्त्यन्ये मार्गपन्ये प्रपेदिरे। केचिद्वैहायसगताः सुपर्णा इव पुप्लुवुः॥

anye madhyena gacchanti pārśvato'nye plavaṃgamāḥ|| salilaṃ prapatantyanye mārgapanye prapedire| kecidvaihāyasagatāḥ suparṇā iva pupluvuḥ||

English Meaning

And some monkeys proceeded along the middle, and some plunged into the deep, and some went by the road. And some coursed through the air, bounding up bird-like.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)