प्रपलायितरक्षः स्त्रीबालवृद्धसमाकुला। जनकोलाहलाध्माता क्रन्दन्तीवाद्रिकन्दरै: ।।5.55.31।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
प्रपलायितरक्षस्त्रीबालवृद्धसमाकुला crowded with children, women and old demons running (in a bid to save their lives), जनकोलाहलाध्माता loud with the wails of demons people, अद्रिकन्दरे with the cave like houses, क्रन्दन्ती इव as if wailing loudly.
English Commentary
The city is crowded with women, children and old demons running (in a bid to save themselves). The loud wails of demons resounded in the mountaincaves. It was as if the city was shrieking loudly.