Chapter 114 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 114.6

सफेनां सस्वनां भूत्वा सागरस्य समुत्थिताम्। प्रशान्तमारुतोद्भूतां जलोमिमिव निःस्वनाम्।७।।

saphenāṃ sasvanāṃ bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām| praśāntamārutodbhūtāṃ jalomimiva niḥsvanām|7||

English Meaning

Like to an army in a mighty encounter; resembling the silent ripples of the ocean raised by the gentle breeze which ere now (in the shapes of surges) were heaving, brimming over with foam and sending forth roars.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)