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)