ततस्तु लङ्कां सहसा प्रदग्धा सराक्षसा साश्वरथा सनागा। सपक्षिसङ्घा समृगा सवृक्षा रुरोद दीना तुमुलं सशब्दम्॥
tatastu laṅkāṃ sahasā pradagdhā sarākṣasā sāśvarathā sanāgā| sapakṣisaṅghā samṛgā savṛkṣā ruroda dīnā tumulaṃ saśabdam||
English Meaning
And then Lankä, suddenly consumed with Raksasas, horses, cars, serpents, crowds of birds, beasts and trees, began to bewail tumultuously and loud in forlorn guise.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)