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)