Chapter 33 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 33.17

संनाहजननी ह्येषा भैरवा भीरु भेरिका। भेरीनादं च गम्भीरं शृणु तोयदनिःस्वनम्॥

saṃnāhajananī hyeṣā bhairavā bhīru bherikā| bherīnādaṃ ca gambhīraṃ śṛṇu toyadaniḥsvanam||

English Meaning

These dreadful sounds of the kettledrum, O mother, call to arms. And hark to the solemn notes of the kettledrums, resembling the rumbling of clouds!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)