Chapter 59 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 59.8

तीक्ष्णकामास्तु गन्धर्वास्तीक्ष्णकोपा भुजङ्गमाः। मृगाणां तु भयं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णक्षुधा वयम्॥

tīkṣṇakāmāstu gandharvāstīkṣṇakopā bhujaṅgamāḥ| mṛgāṇāṃ tu bhayaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tatastīkṣṇakṣudhā vayam||

English Meaning

Gandharvas exceedingly lascivious; serpents are exceedingly wrathful; fear is excessive in deer; and we have excessive hunger.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)