Chapter 63 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 63.17

चपलस्येह कृत्यानि सहसानुप्रधावतः। क्षिप्रमन्ये प्रपद्यन्ते क्रौञ्चस्य खमिव द्विजाः॥

capalasyeha kṛtyāni sahasānupradhāvataḥ| kṣipramanye prapadyante krauñcasya khamiva dvijāḥ||

English Meaning

Even as the fowls of the air enter the hole in the Krauñca, enemies find and easy entrance into the short comings of him that is fickle and that rush into act without heed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)