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)