Chapter 14 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 14.15

तत्र शब्देन विवस्ता गावो यान्ति हतप्रभाः॥ राजदोषपरामृष्टाः कुलस्त्रिय इवाकुलाः।

tatra śabdena vivastā gāvo yānti hataprabhāḥ|| rājadoṣaparāmṛṣṭāḥ kulastriya ivākulāḥ|

English Meaning

Terrified by that sound, the kine, losing their countenance do move hither and thither like to damsels, oppressed on account of their kings' neglecting (to protect them).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)