Ravanavadha 2.24

2.24

athā ''luloke huta-dhūma-ketu- śikhā'ñjana-snigdha-samṛddha-śākham
tapovanaṃ prādhyayanā'bhibhūta- samuccarac-cāru-pataktri-śiñjam.

Then was beheld the penance-grove, whose branches were richly dark and glossy like collyrium with the crests of smoke of the sacrificial fires,
and where the sweet chirping of birds rising forth was drowned out by loud recitation.