Chapter 27 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 27.18

हतशेषास्ततो भग्ना राक्षसाः खरसंश्रयाः॥ द्रवन्ति स्म न तिष्ठन्ति व्याधत्रस्ता मृगा इव। तान् खरो द्रवतो दृष्ट्वा निवर्त्य रुषितस्त्वरन्।

hataśeṣāstato bhagnā rākṣasāḥ kharasaṃśrayāḥ|| dravanti sma na tiṣṭhanti vyādhatrastā mṛgā iva| tān kharo dravato dṛṣṭvā nivartya ruṣitastvaran|

English Meaning

And the Räksasas remaining after the rest had been slain, belonging to Khara's original forces losing heart, began to flee like deer terrified at a hunter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)