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)