ततस्तु लङ्का सहसा प्रदग्धा सराक्षसा साश्वरथा सनागा। सपक्षिसङ्घा समृगा सवृक्षा रुरोद दीना तुमुलं सशब्दम्।।5.54.39।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
ततः then, सराक्षसा including those demons, साश्वरथा with chariots and horses, सनागा with elephants, सपक्षिसङ्घा with flocks of birds, समृगाः with animals, सवृक्षाः the trees, लङ्का Lanka, सहसा all of a sudden, प्रदग्धा burnt, दीना piteous, तुमुलम् tumultuous, सशब्दम् loudly, रुरोद cried.
English Commentary
Lanka with its chariots horses, elephants, flocks of birds, animals and trees burnt all of a sudden, the ogres cried loudly and piteously.