Chapter 10 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 10.9

गवां पयांसि स्कन्नानि विमदा वरकुञ्जराः। दीनमश्वाः प्रहेषन्ते नवग्रासाभिनन्दिनः॥

gavāṃ payāṃsi skannāni vimadā varakuñjarāḥ| dīnamaśvāḥ praheṣante navagrāsābhinandinaḥ||

English Meaning

The milk of the kine has been dried up; and the nobler elephants are without the temporal juice. And horses, albeit they have feasted on feasted on fresh grass, neigh distressfully.* *The commentator remarks, evidently with justice, "That is, the horses, having eaten their fill, still hunger."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)