Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.25

आप्लवन्तः प्लवन्तश्च गर्जन्तश्च प्लवङ्गमाः। श्वेलन्तो निनदन्तश्च जग्मुर्वै दक्षिणां दिशम्॥

āplavantaḥ plavantaśca garjantaśca plavaṅgamāḥ| śvelanto ninadantaśca jagmurvai dakṣiṇāṃ diśam||

English Meaning

Bounding by way of guarding the flanks of the forces, and leaping in front of the army for pioneering, blustering, emitting leonine roars, and uttering cries, the monkeys made towards the south.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)