Chapter 75 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 75.21

नारीजनस्य धूमेन व्याप्तस्योच्चैर्विनेदुषः। स्वनो ज्वलनतप्तस्य शुश्रुवे शतयोजनम्॥

nārījanasya dhūmena vyāptasyoccairvineduṣaḥ| svano jvalanataptasya śuśruve śatayojanam||

English Meaning

The cries of the females amidst the drift of smoke, heated by the flames, could be heard from an hundred Yojanas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)