Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.36

तेन शब्देन वित्रस्तैराकाशं पक्षिभिर्वृतम्। मनुष्यैरावृता भूमिरुभयं प्रबभौ तदा॥

tena śabdena vitrastairākāśaṃ pakṣibhirvṛtam| manuṣyairāvṛtā bhūmirubhayaṃ prababhau tadā||

English Meaning

And the welkin was enveloped by birds frightened by the noise, as the earth was covered by men, and both the sky and the land then gave out great effulgence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)