शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषः सिंहनादस्तरस्विनाम्। पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं स सागरं चाभ्यनादयत्॥ गजानां बृंहितैः सार्धं हयानां हेषितैरपि। रथानां नेमिनिर्घोषै रक्षसां पदनिःस्वनैः॥
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ siṃhanādastarasvinām| pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ sa sāgaraṃ cābhyanādayat|| gajānāṃ bṛṃhitaiḥ sārdhaṃ hayānāṃ heṣitairapi| rathānāṃ neminirghoṣai rakṣasāṃ padaniḥsvanaiḥ||
English Meaning
And sounds of conchs, and drums as well as the leonine shouts of the impetuous (warriors), made the earth, air, and ocean, resound: and these mixed with the roars of elephants, the neighing of steeds, the rattle of the car-wheels, ant the tread of the Rākşasa' feet.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)