Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.32

तस्य ज्यातलघोषेण त्रस्ताः पत्ररथेश्वराः। प्रदुद्रुवुर्मंगाश्चैव युगान्त इव मोहिताः॥

tasya jyātalaghoṣeṇa trastāḥ patraratheśvarāḥ| pradudruvurmaṃgāścaiva yugānta iva mohitāḥ||

English Meaning

Being terrified by the sound of his stringing of the bow the birds and beasts, dismayed as on the eve of dissolution, fied away into different quarters.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)