Chapter 107 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 107

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 107.4

तच्छ्रुत्वा राघवेणोक्तं सर्वाः प्रकृतयो भृशम्। मूर्धभिः प्रणता भूमौ गतसत्त्वा इवाभवन्॥

tacchrutvā rāghaveṇoktaṃ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo bhṛśam| mūrdhabhiḥ praṇatā bhūmau gatasattvā ivābhavan||

English Meaning

Hearing the words of Raghava, the subjects with their heads downwards remained motionless like so many dead bodies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)