Chapter 55 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 55.20

वसिष्ठस्य च ये शिष्या ये च वै मृगपक्षिणः। विद्रवन्ति भयाद् भीता नानादिग्भ्यः सहस्रशः॥

vasiṣṭhasya ca ye śiṣyā ye ca vai mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ| vidravanti bhayād bhītā nānādigbhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Vasiştha's disciples as well as the animals and birds inhabiting there, fled in all direction by thousands.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)