Chapter 23 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 23.5

जनस्थानसमीपे च समाक्रम्य खरस्वनाः। विस्वरान् विविधान् नादान् मांसादा मृगपक्षिणः।।।। व्याजहुरभिदीप्तायां दिशि वै भैरवस्वनम्। अशिवं यातुधानानां शिवा घोरा महास्वनाः॥

janasthānasamīpe ca samākramya kharasvanāḥ| visvarān vividhān nādān māṃsādā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ|||| vyājahurabhidīptāyāṃ diśi vai bhairavasvanam| aśivaṃ yātudhānānāṃ śivā ghorā mahāsvanāḥ||

English Meaning

And beasts and birds having shrill voices, living on flesh, remaining near Janasthāna, emitted various dissonant notes. And in the quarter lighted up by the sun, fierce jackals having mighty voices, in dreadful cries presaged evil to the Rākşasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)