Chapter 46 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 46.3

पश्य शून्यान्यरण्यानि रुदन्तीव समन्ततः। यथा निलयमायद्भिर्निलीनानि मृगद्विजैः॥

paśya śūnyānyaraṇyāni rudantīva samantataḥ| yathā nilayamāyadbhirnilīnāni mṛgadvijaiḥ||

English Meaning

The empty forest resounding with the cries of beasts and birds returned to their abodes, covered with gloom, seems to weep on all sides.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)