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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.25

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: Daśaratha and Kausalyā also follow on foot

2.35.25

śuśruve cāgrataḥ strīṇāṃ rudantīnāṃ mahāsvanaḥ
yathā nādaḥ kareṇūnāṃ baddhe mahati kuñjare

And ahead there was heard the loud sound of the weeping women, like the trumpeting of she-elephants when a great tusker is bound.

Words: śuśruve — was heard; cāgrataḥ — and in front; strīṇāṃ — of the women; rudantīnāṃ — weeping; mahāsvanaḥ — loud sound; yathā — as, like; nādaḥ — the cry, trumpeting; kareṇūnāṃ — of the she-elephants; baddhe — when bound; mahati — great; kuñjare — the tusker, elephant

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.