Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.19

पतङ्गा वृश्चिकाः कीटा दंशाश्च मशकैः सह। बाधन्ते नित्यमबले सर्वं दुःखमतो वनम्॥

pataṅgā vṛścikāḥ kīṭā daṃśāśca maśakaiḥ saha| bādhante nityamabale sarvaṃ duḥkhamato vanam||

English Meaning

Birds, scorpions, insects mosquito's and wild gnats, always disturb the dwellers, O fair one' of the weaker sex; so the wood is full misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)