Chapter 20 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 20.18

तैर्भग्नहदया भूमौ छिन्नमूला इव द्रुमाः॥ निपेतुः शोणितस्नाता विकृता विगतासवः।

tairbhagnahadayā bhūmau chinnamūlā iva drumāḥ|| nipetuḥ śoṇitasnātā vikṛtā vigatāsavaḥ|

English Meaning

And with their breasts pierced, they, dripping with blood, deformed and deprived of their lives, lay on the ground like trees whose roots have been severed.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)