Chapter 19 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 19.9

कस्य पत्ररथाः कायान्मांसमुत्कृत्य संगताः। प्रहृष्टा भक्षयिष्यन्ति निहतस्य मया रणे॥

kasya patrarathāḥ kāyānmāṃsamutkṛtya saṃgatāḥ| prahṛṣṭā bhakṣayiṣyanti nihatasya mayā raṇe||

English Meaning

Tearing off flesh from the corpse of whom slain by me in conflict, shall the birds so joyfully feed on it?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)