Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.15

जनवृन्दोर्मिसंघर्षहर्षस्वनवृतस्तदा। बभूव राजमार्गस्य सागरस्येव निःस्वनः॥

janavṛndormisaṃgharṣaharṣasvanavṛtastadā| babhūva rājamārgasya sāgarasyeva niḥsvanaḥ||

English Meaning

The tumult that arose in the high ways in consequence of the concourse and noise, was like the roaring of the ocean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)