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)