Ramayana
क्रौञ्चीनामिव नारीणां निनादस्तत्र शुश्रुवे । आर्तानां करुणं काले क्रोशन्तीनां सहस्रशः ॥ २-७६-२१
At that time, piteous cries of distressed women in their thousands like the piercing cries of female kraunchas (birds) were heard. ॥ 2-76-21॥
english translation
krauJcInAmiva nArINAM ninAdastatra zuzruve । ArtAnAM karuNaM kAle krozantInAM sahasrazaH ॥ 2-76-21
hk transliteration by Sanscript