Chapter 43 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 43.6

तस्यास्फोटितशब्देन महता श्रोत्रघातिना। पेतुर्विहंगमास्तत्र चैत्यपालाश्च मोहिताः॥

tasyāsphoṭitaśabdena mahatā śrotraghātinā| peturvihaṃgamāstatra caityapālāśca mohitāḥ||

English Meaning

And at those sounds of striking arms, capable of striking deafness into the hearer, birds began to drop down there, as well as the warders of the religious mansion, with their senses whelmed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)