Chapter 59 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 59.4

न च सर्पन्ति सत्त्वानि व्याला न प्रचरन्ति च। रामशोकाभिभूतं त निष्कूजमिव तद्वनम्॥

na ca sarpanti sattvāni vyālā na pracaranti ca| rāmaśokābhibhūtaṃ ta niṣkūjamiva tadvanam||

English Meaning

Creatures do not move and beasts of prey cease to range about; and the forest appears to be dumb, stupefied by grief on account of Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)