क्रौञ्चीनामिव नारीणां निनादस्तत्र शुश्रुवे। आर्तानां करुणं काले क्रोशन्तीनां सहस्रशः॥
krauñcīnāmiva nārīṇāṃ ninādastatra śuśruve| ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ||
English Meaning
And kindling with grief, the females also headed by Kausalyā (circumambulated the pyre). And then there was heard the wail of women distressed with grief weeping piteously by thousands like to Krauñcis.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)