Chapter 22 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 22.11

शिश्यिरे चाभिभूतानि संत्रस्तान्युद्विजन्ति च॥ संप्रविव्यथिरे चापि न च पस्पन्दिरे भयात्।

śiśyire cābhibhūtāni saṃtrastānyudvijanti ca|| saṃpravivyathire cāpi na ca paspandire bhayāt|

English Meaning

And overwhelmed with fright, and quaking (for fear), the creatures began to measure their lengths, and they were sore afflicted, and bereft of motion through terror.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)