Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.20

बिलानि दंष्ट्रिणः सर्वे सानूनि मृगपक्षिणः। त्यजन्त्वस्मद्भयाद्रीता गजाः सिंहा वनान्यपि॥

bilāni daṃṣṭriṇaḥ sarve sānūni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ| tyajantvasmadbhayādrītā gajāḥ siṃhā vanānyapi||

English Meaning

Inspired by the fear of us, serpents will leave their holes, and beats and birds the caves of mountains, and elephants and lions the forest.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)