Chapter 41 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 41.16

फ्लैर्मृगैरातरवैश्च पक्षिभिः। शिलागृहैरुन्मथितैस्तथा गृहै: प्रणष्टरूपं तदभून्महद् वनम्॥

phlairmṛgairātaravaiśca pakṣibhiḥ| śilāgṛhairunmathitaistathā gṛhai: praṇaṣṭarūpaṃ tadabhūnmahad vanam||

English Meaning

And that magnificent wood, with its arbours and its picture-galleries destroyed, and its ferocious animals, beasts and birds crying in distressful accents, and its rocky structures and other mansions broken down, was bereft of its loveliness.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)