Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 76 Shloka 21

तत्र काले at that time, आर्तानाम् of the distressed persons, करुणम् piteously, क्रोशन्तीनाम् of those women crying, सहस्रशः in thousands, नारीणाम् women's, निनादः sound, क्रौञ्चीनामिव like the sound of the kraunchas (birds), शुश्रुवे was heard.

At that time, piteous cries of distressed women in their thousands like the piercing cries of female kraunchas (birds) were heard.