Chapter 35 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 35.31

पक्षिणश्च मृगाः सर्वे प्रत्यादित्यं रुदन्ति ते। करालो विकलो मुण्डः पुरुषः कृष्णपिङ्गलः॥ कालो गृहाणि सर्वेषां कलो कालेऽन्ववेक्षते।

pakṣiṇaśca mṛgāḥ sarve pratyādityaṃ rudanti te| karālo vikalo muṇḍaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ|| kālo gṛhāṇi sarveṣāṃ kalo kāle'nvavekṣate|

English Meaning

All the birds and beasts crying (distressfully) with their faces turned towards the sun. And at dusk a frightful, withered, tawnyhued male figure, looking like Death himself, with his head shaven, peer into the houses (of people).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)