Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.19

अथान्धकारे त्वौषं जले कुम्भस्य पूर्यतः। अचक्षुर्विषये घोषं वारणस्येव नर्दतः॥

athāndhakāre tvauṣaṃ jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ| acakṣurviṣaye ghoṣaṃ vāraṇasyeva nardataḥ||

English Meaning

And (coming there) while it was so dark that : nothing could be discovered, I heard sounds of a filling pitcher proceeding from the waters; resembling the roars of an elephant.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)