Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.18

अनभिज्ञा वनानां सा नूनं भयमुपैष्यति। श्वपदानर्दितं श्रुत्वा गम्भीरं रोमहर्षणम्॥

anabhijñā vanānāṃ sā nūnaṃ bhayamupaiṣyati| śvapadānarditaṃ śrutvā gambhīraṃ romaharṣaṇam||

English Meaning

Unacquainted with the forest, she is certainly afflicted with fright on hearing the deep roars of ferocious beasts, capable of making one's hair stand erect.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)