Chapter 24 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 24.9

रक्षसां नर्दतां घोरः श्रूयतेऽयं महाध्वनिः। आहतानां च भेरीणां राक्षसैः क्रूरकर्मभिः॥

rakṣasāṃ nardatāṃ ghoraḥ śrūyate'yaṃ mahādhvaniḥ| āhatānāṃ ca bherīṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ||

English Meaning

We can hear the shouts of the Rākşasas as they roar, as also the blasts of the trumpets of those doomed to be wounded blown by Rākṣasas of remorseless deeds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)