Chapter 98 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 98

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 98.13

स्फोटयन्निव शब्देन लङ्कां साट्टालगोपुराम्॥ सहेन्द्रेणेव देवानां नादः समभवन्महान्॥

sphoṭayanniva śabdena laṅkāṃ sāṭṭālagopurām|| sahendreṇeva devānāṃ nādaḥ samabhavanmahān||

English Meaning

The noise set up by the delighted monkeys like to a dreadful leonine roar, as if rending the city of Lankā abounding in edifices and gates, resembled the great roar of the celestials along with Indra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)