Chapter 14 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 14.10

निर्धूतपत्रशिखराः शीर्णपुष्पफलद्रुमाः। निक्षिप्तवस्त्राभरणा धूर्ता इव पराजिताः॥

nirdhūtapatraśikharāḥ śīrṇapuṣpaphaladrumāḥ| nikṣiptavastrābharaṇā dhūrtā iva parājitāḥ||

English Meaning

With their leaves and tops torn, and their flowers and fruits shrivelled up, the trees looked like worsted gamblers bereft of their clothes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)