Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.7

गिरिनिर्झरसम्भूता गिरिनिर्दरिवासिनाम्। सिंहानां निनदा दुःखाः श्रोतुं दुःखमतोवनम्॥

girinirjharasambhūtā girinirdarivāsinām| siṃhānāṃ ninadā duḥkhāḥ śrotuṃ duḥkhamatovanam||

English Meaning

The roarings of the lions living in the caves of mountains, swelling with the sounds of the water-falls, produce a very painful impression upon the ears; so the wood is full of misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)