आर्तानां राक्षसीनां तु लङ्कायां वै कुले कुले। रावणः करुणं शब्दं शुश्राव परिदेवितम्॥
ārtānāṃ rākṣasīnāṃ tu laṅkāyāṃ vai kule kule| rāvaṇaḥ karuṇaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrāva paridevitam||
English Meaning
Thereupon Rāvana heard in every house of Lankā the piteous cries of the she-demons possessed by sorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)