Chapter 44 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 44.22

राक्षसानां च निनदैर्भेरीणां चैव निःस्वनैः। सा बभूव निशा घोरा भूयो घोरतराभवत्॥

rākṣasānāṃ ca ninadairbherīṇāṃ caiva niḥsvanaiḥ| sā babhūva niśā ghorā bhūyo ghoratarābhavat||

English Meaning

And in consequence of the uproar occasioned by the Rakşasas, and the sounds of drums, that night, already dreadful (in itself), became all the more so,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)