Chapter 27 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 27.8

शरधारासमूहान् स महामेघ इवोत्सृजन्। व्यसृजत् सदृशं नादं जलार्द्रस्येव दुन्दुभेः॥

śaradhārāsamūhān sa mahāmegha ivotsṛjan| vyasṛjat sadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrasyeva dundubheḥ||

English Meaning

And as a mighty cloud pours down shower, (Trisirā) discharging vollies of shafts, uttered a roar resembling the sound of a wet kettledrum.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)