Chapter 50 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 50.37

ततः सुपर्णः काकुत्स्थौ स्पृष्ट्वा प्रत्यभिनन्द्य च। विममर्श च पाणिभ्यां मुखे चन्द्रसमप्रभे॥

tataḥ suparṇaḥ kākutsthau spṛṣṭvā pratyabhinandya ca| vimamarśa ca pāṇibhyāṃ mukhe candrasamaprabhe||

English Meaning

Then, touching the Kākutsthas and saluting them, Suparna rubbed with his hands their countenances furnished with the splendour of the Moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)