Chapter 126 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 126

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 126.6

अपयाते त्वयि तदा समुद्रान्तमृगद्विजम्। परिघूनमिवात्यर्थं तद्वनं समपद्यत॥ तद्धस्तिमृदितं घोरं सिंहव्याघ्रमृगाकुलम्। प्रविवेशाथ विजनं स महद्दण्डकावनम्॥

apayāte tvayi tadā samudrāntamṛgadvijam| parighūnamivātyarthaṃ tadvanaṃ samapadyata|| taddhastimṛditaṃ ghoraṃ siṃhavyāghramṛgākulam| praviveśātha vijanaṃ sa mahaddaṇḍakāvanam||

English Meaning

Yourself having returned thence, all the bird and animals were overwhelmed with terror and that forest appeared as if distressed. Thereupon he entered the solitary and huge and dreadful forest Daņdaka distressed by the elephants and abounding in lion, tigers and deer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)