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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.5

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā. Daśaratha releases Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa, they follow Viśvāmitra along the Sarayū and Rāma receives the protective Balā & Atibalā teachings

In the sequence: a gentle, dust-free wind blows, flowers fall, and divine drums and conches sound

1.21.5

puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd devadundubhinisvanaḥ
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ prayāte tu mahātmani

There was a great rain of flowers, the sound of the divine kettledrums, and the blare of conches and drums, as the great-souled one set forth.

Words: puṣpavṛṣṭir — a rain of flowers; mahaty — great; āsīd — there was; devadundubhinisvanaḥ — the sound of the divine kettledrums; śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ — the blare of conches and drums; prayāte — having set forth (loc. abs.); tu — and; mahātmani — the great-souled one (loc. abs.)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.