Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.28

नूनं राक्षसकन्यानां रुदतीनां गृहे गृहे। श्रोष्यामि नचिरादेव दुःखार्तानामिह ध्वनिम्॥

nūnaṃ rākṣasakanyānāṃ rudatīnāṃ gṛhe gṛhe| śroṣyāmi nacirādeva duḥkhārtānāmiha dhvanim||

English Meaning

For certain, shall I soon hear the cries and groans in every house, of the daughters of the Rākşasas worn with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)