Chapter 11 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 11.8

परश्वधधराश्चान्ये तथान्ये शूलपाणयः। ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणां संजज्ञे निःस्वनो महान्॥ तुमुलः शङ्खशब्दश्च सभां गच्छति रावणे।

paraśvadhadharāścānye tathānye śūlapāṇayaḥ| tatastūryasahasrāṇāṃ saṃjajñe niḥsvano mahān|| tumulaḥ śaṅkhaśabdaśca sabhāṃ gacchati rāvaṇe|

English Meaning

Some of them were bearing spades and others with darts in hands. As Rāvana marched towards the court, there arose the loud blares of a thousand trumpet, and the uproarious sounds of conchs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)