Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.2

तस्य संत्वरमाणस्य द्रष्टुकामस्य मैथिलीम्। क्रूरस्वनोऽथ गोमायुर्विननादास्य पृष्ठतः॥

tasya saṃtvaramāṇasya draṣṭukāmasya maithilīm| krūrasvano'tha gomāyurvinanādāsya pṛṣṭhataḥ||

English Meaning

And as he hurried himself, eager to behold Maithilī, jackals began to howl hideously at his back.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)