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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.47

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: through Bharadvāja's power, trees become drummers, cymbal-players, dancers, and attendants, while other trees and creepers take women's forms

2.85.47

tataḥ saralatālāś ca tilakā naktamālakāḥ
prahṛṣṭās tatra saṃpetuḥ kubjābhūtātha vāmanāḥ

Then sarala and tāla trees, tilaka and naktamāla trees, delighted, came together there, having become hunchbacks and dwarfs.

Words: tataḥ — then; saralatālāś ca — and sarala and tāla trees; tilakā — tilaka trees; naktamālakāḥ — naktamāla trees; prahṛṣṭās — delighted; tatra — there; saṃpetuḥ — came together; kubjābhūtātha — having become hunchbacks, and; vāmanāḥ — dwarfs

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.