Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.30

नलिन्यो ध्वस्तकमलास्त्रस्तंमीनजलेचराः। सखीमिव गतोत्साहां शोचन्तीव स्म मैथिलीम्॥

nalinyo dhvastakamalāstrastaṃmīnajalecarāḥ| sakhīmiva gatotsāhāṃ śocantīva sma maithilīm||

English Meaning

And the pools with their lotuses faded and their fishes agitated, seemed to sorrow for the desponding daughter of Mithilā as for their friend.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)