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)