ततस्तु लङ्का सहसा प्रदग्धा सराक्षसा साश्वरथा सनागा । सपक्षिसङ्घा समृगा सवृक्षा रुरोद दीना तुमुलं सशब्दम् ॥ ५-५४-३९
Lanka with its chariots horses, elephants, flocks of birds, animals and trees burnt all of a sudden, the ogres cried loudly and piteously. [5-54-39]
english translation