Chapter 40 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 40.5

सगरस्य च पुत्राणां प्रादुरासीन्महास्वनः। पृथिव्यां भिद्यमानायां निर्घातसमनि:स्वनः॥

sagarasya ca putrāṇāṃ prādurāsīnmahāsvanaḥ| pṛthivyāṃ bhidyamānāyāṃ nirghātasamani:svanaḥ||

English Meaning

And as the sons of Sagara were riving the Earth, there arose a mighty noise, like to the bursting of thunder.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)