Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.40

ततः स तेषां रुदतां महात्मनां भुवं च खं चानुविनादयन् स्वनः। गुहा गिरीणां च दिशश्च संततं मृदङ्गघोषप्रतिमो विशुश्रुवे॥

tataḥ sa teṣāṃ rudatāṃ mahātmanāṃ bhuvaṃ ca khaṃ cānuvinādayan svanaḥ| guhā girīṇāṃ ca diśaśca saṃtataṃ mṛdaṅgaghoṣapratimo viśuśruve||

English Meaning

And the sounds, produced by those high souled persons lamenting, resounding the earth and the sky, and the mountain-caverns, and all the cardinal points, were heard like peals of Mrdangas. And the sounds, produced by those high souled persons lamenting, resounding the earth and the sky, and the mountain-caverns, and all the cardinal points, were heard like peals of Mrdangas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)