Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 2
दुन्दुभिस्वनकल्पेन गम्भीरेणानुनादिना। स्वरेण महता राजा जीमूत इव नादयन्।।2.2.2।। राजलक्षणयुक्तेन कान्तेनानुपमेन च। उवाच रसयुक्तेन स्वरेण नृपतिर्नृपान्
dundubhisvanakalpena gambhīreṇānunādinā| svareṇa mahatā rājā jīmūta iva nādayan rājalakṣaṇayuktena kāntenānupamena ca| uvāca rasayuktena svareṇa nṛpatirnṛpān
Lord of men (king Dasaratha) addressed the feudatory kings with words deep, resonant, loud like the kettledrum or the rumbling cloud, in a delightful, incomparable and attractive voice that carried all the dignity of royalty:
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
The king's voice is like thunder — deep, resonant, and loud. The comparison to thunder suggests both authority and the natural force of his words. What he is about to say cannot be unsaid. The assembly listens with the gravity the moment demands.
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