Chapter 97 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 97.3

प्रक्षीणं स्वबलं दृष्ट्वा बध्यमानं बलीमुखैः। बभूवास्य व्यथा युद्धे दृष्ट्वा दैवविपर्ययम्॥

prakṣīṇaṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā badhyamānaṃ balīmukhaiḥ| babhūvāsya vyathā yuddhe dṛṣṭvā daivaviparyayam||

English Meaning

Observing his army reduced and slain by the heroic (monkeys) he perceived ill omens in the fight and was accordingly pained at heart,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)