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)