All the animals then that lived in the neighbourhood were stricken with fear of that Sharabha. Their fear and the desire of saving their lives made them all fly away from that forest.
ततः शरभसंत्रस्ताः सर्वे मृगगणास्तदा।॥ दिशः सम्प्राद्रवन् राजन् भयाज्जीवितकाक्षिणः।