Chapter 4 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 4.8

सोपाननिनदांश्चापि भवनेषु महात्मनाम्। आस्फोटितनिनादांश्च क्ष्वेडितांश्च ततस्ततः॥

sopānaninadāṃścāpi bhavaneṣu mahātmanām| āsphoṭitaninādāṃśca kṣveḍitāṃśca tatastataḥ||

English Meaning

He also heard the jingling of zones and the clash of bangles; and sounds of footsteps on stairs of edifices belonging to high-souled ones; and sounds proceeding from clapping hands; and the roaring of lions here and there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)