Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.27

शुश्रुवे चाग्रतः स्त्रीणां रुदतीनां महास्वनः। यथा नादः करेणूनां बद्धे महति कुञ्जरे।।२९

śuśruve cāgrataḥ strīṇāṃ rudatīnāṃ mahāsvanaḥ| yathā nādaḥ kareṇūnāṃ baddhe mahati kuñjare||29

English Meaning

He heard before him a mighty noise proceeding from weeping women, like to the roars of she-elephants, when a great elephant has been taken captive.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)