Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.3

न नूनं राम जानासि महद्व्यसनमात्मनः। धावन्ति नूनं काकुत्स्थ मदर्थं मृगपक्षिणः॥

na nūnaṃ rāma jānāsi mahadvyasanamātmanaḥ| dhāvanti nūnaṃ kākutstha madarthaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ||

English Meaning

And, O Rāma, although birds and beasts are scampering away before you on my account, you under-stand not the mighty mishap that has befallen you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)