Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.88

दूरपारमसंबाधं रक्षोगणनिषेवितम्। पश्यन्तो वरुणावासं निषेदुहरियूथपाः॥ चण्डनक्रग्राहघोरं क्षपादौ दिवसक्षये। हसन्तमिव फेनैधैर्नृत्यन्तमिव चोर्मिभिः॥ चन्द्रोदये समुद्भूतं प्रतिचन्द्रसमाकुलम्। चण्डानिलमहाग्राहै: कीर्णं तिमितिमिङ्गिलैः॥

dūrapāramasaṃbādhaṃ rakṣogaṇaniṣevitam| paśyanto varuṇāvāsaṃ niṣeduhariyūthapāḥ|| caṇḍanakragrāhaghoraṃ kṣapādau divasakṣaye| hasantamiva phenaidhairnṛtyantamiva cormibhiḥ|| candrodaye samudbhūtaṃ praticandrasamākulam| caṇḍānilamahāgrāhai: kīrṇaṃ timitimiṅgilaiḥ||

English Meaning

They waited there beholding the deep of unimpeded expanse, having its distant shore inhabited by the demons, and thronged with various aquatic animals. While up heaving its foam on the approach of eve, it appeared laughing and setting up its surges, it appeared to dance. It increased with the rising of the Moon and he reflected himself on its breast.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)