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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 39 Shloka 40
Original Shloka
जज्ञेऽथ तासां सन्नादः क्रौञ्चीनामिव निस्वनः। मानवेन्द्रस्य भार्याणामेवं वदति राघवे।।2.39.40।।
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English Translation

राघवे when Rama, एवम् in this way, वदति while he was saying, अथ thereafter, तासाम् of those women, भार्याणाम् of wives, सन्नादः cry, क्रौञ्चीनाम् of female geese (or herons), निस्वन: इव like sound, जज्ञे arose.

English Commentary

While Rama said so, there arose a loud cry of the wives of the king like the cry of the female herons.