Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.15

उत्थास्यति च मेदिन्याः कृपणः पांसुगुण्ठितः। विनिःश्वसन् प्रस्रवणात् करेणूनामिवर्षभः॥

utthāsyati ca medinyāḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pāṃsuguṇṭhitaḥ| viniḥśvasan prasravaṇāt kareṇūnāmivarṣabhaḥ||

English Meaning

Covered with dust, he heaving sighs will rise from the ground in sad guise, like a leader of she-elephants rising from the side of a mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)