Chapter 57 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 57.2

ते प्रायमुपविष्टास्तु दृष्ट्वा गृधं प्लवङ्गमाः।। चक्रुर्बुद्धिं तदा रौद्रां सर्वान् नो भक्षयिष्यति ॥

te prāyamupaviṣṭāstu dṛṣṭvā gṛdhaṃ plavaṅgamāḥ|| cakrurbuddhiṃ tadā raudrāṃ sarvān no bhakṣayiṣyati ||

English Meaning

Seated for the purpose of fasting to death, the monkeys, seeing the vulture, with terror thought within themselves, he shall eat us all up.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)