Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.8

क्रीडमानाश्च विस्रब्धामत्ताः शून्ये तथा मृगाः। दृष्ट्वा समभिवर्तन्ते सीते दुःखमतो वनम्॥

krīḍamānāśca visrabdhāmattāḥ śūnye tathā mṛgāḥ| dṛṣṭvā samabhivartante sīte duḥkhamato vanam||

English Meaning

Animals, all maddened, sporting in solitude, seeing (man), approach to attack him; so the wood is full of misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)