Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.38

जज्ञेऽथ तासां संनादः क्रौञ्चीनामिव निःस्वनः। मानवेन्द्रस्य भार्याणामेवं वदति राघवे॥

jajñe'tha tāsāṃ saṃnādaḥ krauñcīnāmiva niḥsvanaḥ| mānavendrasya bhāryāṇāmevaṃ vadati rāghave||

English Meaning

As Rāghava was speaking thus, there arose a loud wail proceeding from those wives of that chief of men, like to the cries of Krauncis.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)