Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.28

स शङ्खभेरीपणवप्रणादं सास्फोटितक्ष्वेलितसिंहनादम्। दिशो द्रवन्तस्त्रिदिवं किरन्तः श्रुत्वा विहंगाः सहसा निपेतुः॥

sa śaṅkhabherīpaṇavapraṇādaṃ sāsphoṭitakṣvelitasiṃhanādam| diśo dravantastridivaṃ kirantaḥ śrutvā vihaṃgāḥ sahasā nipetuḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing those loud sounds of conchs and drums and Papavas; and those proceeding from persons striking at their arms with their hands; and leonine roars, rushing on all sides and riving the very heavens, birds suddenly dropped down.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)