And Rāma, followed by Lakṣmaṇa, saw the heart of the forest abounding in various kinds of beasts, ranged by bears and tigers, with its trees and shrubs torn and trampled, its pools turbid, and its birds crying.
नानामृगगणाकीर्णमृक्षशार्दूलसेवितम्। ध्वस्तवृक्षलतागुल्मं दुर्दर्शसलिलाशयम्॥ निष्कूजमानशकुनि झिल्लिकागणनादितम्। लक्ष्मणानुचरो रामो वनमध्यं ददर्श ह॥