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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.57.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 57: Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound. He recalls mistaking a filling pot for an elephant and shooting a youth who directs him to his blind parents

In the sequence: He recalls his youth, before their marriage, when he was still heir: during the rainy season he went hunting beside the Sarayū

2.57.12

uṣṇam antardadhe sadyaḥ snigdhā dadṛśire ghanāḥ
tato jahṛṣire sarve bhekasāraṅgabarhiṇaḥ

The heat at once disappeared, and glossy clouds came into view; then all the frogs, cātaka birds, and peacocks rejoiced.

Words: uṣṇam — the heat; antardadhe — vanished, disappeared; sadyaḥ — at once, suddenly; snigdhā — glossy, moist; dadṛśire — were seen, appeared; ghanāḥ — clouds; tato — then; jahṛṣire — rejoiced; sarve — all; bhekasāraṅgabarhiṇaḥ — frogs, cātaka birds and peacocks

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.