Chapter 52 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 52.14

विषण्णवदना भूयो विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहाः। मूढाः शोणितगन्धेन निपेतुर्धरणीतले॥

viṣaṇṇavadanā bhūyo viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ| mūḍhāḥ śoṇitagandhena nipeturdharaṇītale||

English Meaning

With woebegone faces, and with hair dishevelled, (the Raksasas), stupified with the smell of blood, saught the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)