Chapter 54 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 54.32

वज्रदंष्ट्रं हतं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसा भयमोहिताः। त्रस्ता ह्यभ्यद्रवल्लंङ्कां वध्यमानाः प्लवंगमैः।। विषण्णवदना दीना ह्रिया किंचिदवाङ्मुखाः॥

vajradaṃṣṭraṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasā bhayamohitāḥ| trastā hyabhyadravallaṃṅkāṃ vadhyamānāḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ|| viṣaṇṇavadanā dīnā hriyā kiṃcidavāṅmukhāḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing Vajradanştra slain, the Rākşasas, overwhelmed with fear and exceedingly agitated, in pitiful plight, with woe-begone faces and heads hung in shame, fled towards Lankā, attacked (all the while) by the monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)