Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.29

चपलस्य तु कृत्येषु प्रसमीक्ष्याधिकं बलम्। छिद्रमन्ये प्रपद्यन्ते क्रौञ्चस्य खमिव द्विजाः॥

capalasya tu kṛtyeṣu prasamīkṣyādhikaṃ balam| chidramanye prapadyante krauñcasya khamiva dvijāḥ||

English Meaning

Others spy holes in the actions of the volatile, the latter may be possessed of great power, like swans passing Krauñca through the hole. * *The hole made by the dart of Kumāra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)