Chapter 31 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 31.27

प्रसृताश्च परे त्रस्ता हन्यमाना जघन्यतः। अनुद्रुतास्तु रक्षोभिः सिंहैरिव महाद्विपाः॥

prasṛtāśca pare trastā hanyamānā jaghanyataḥ| anudrutāstu rakṣobhiḥ siṃhairiva mahādvipāḥ||

English Meaning

And others afflicted with affright, flee, attacked (by the enemy) in the rear, and followed by the Rākṣasas, like mighty elephants pursued by lions.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)