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)