द्रवन्ति च मृगाश्शीघ्रं भग्ना इव रणे हयाः। पतन्ति च खगा भूमौ क्षीणपुण्या इव ग्रहाः4.14.21।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
रणे in battle, भग्नाः wounded हयाः इव like the horses, मृगाः deer, शीघ्रम् speedily, द्रवन्ति च unable to run, खगाः birds, क्षीणपुण्याः their merit exhausted, ग्रहाः इव like planets, भूमौ on the ground, पतन्ति च fall.
English Commentary
The deer were unable to run like wounded horses in a battle. Birds fell down on the ground like planets fall when their merit is exhausted.