Chapter 14 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 14.16

द्रवन्ति च मृगाः शीघ्रं भग्ना इव रणे हयाः। पतन्ति च खगा भूमौ क्षीणपुण्या इव ग्रहाः॥

dravanti ca mṛgāḥ śīghraṃ bhagnā iva raṇe hayāḥ| patanti ca khagā bhūmau kṣīṇapuṇyā iva grahāḥ||

English Meaning

And the deer fly away like to the horses defeated in a warfare. And the birds fall down on the earth, like to planets, losing their purity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)