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Verse 285.21

Sarga 14

द्रवन्ति च मृगाश्शीघ्रं भग्ना इव रणे हयाः। पतन्ति च खगा भूमौ क्षीणपुण्या इव ग्रहाः4.14.21।।

dravanti ca mṛgāśśīghraṃ bhagnā iva raṇe hayāḥ. patanti ca khagā bhūmau kṣīṇapuṇyā iva grahāḥ4.14.21..

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English Translation

"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."

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Word Meanings

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.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 14

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285.21