Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.13

तस्मात् तस्योपघातेन प्रजाः परमपीडिताः। औदकानीव सत्त्वानि ग्रीष्मे सलिलसंक्षयात्॥

tasmāt tasyopaghātena prajāḥ paramapīḍitāḥ| audakānīva sattvāni grīṣme salilasaṃkṣayāt||

English Meaning

Therefore the subjects will be afflicted in consequence of his separation, even as aquatic animals are, when summer dries up the waters of a tank.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)