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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.8

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras. Rāma casts Mārīca into the sea with the Mānava astra, kills Subāhu with the Āgneya astra and defeats the remaining rākṣasas with the Vāyavya astra, allowing the yajña to finish

In the sequence: on the sixth day Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa to stay alert → the altar blazes as the ritual proceeds, and a terrifying noise rises overhead

1.29.8

rāmasyaivaṃ bruvāṇasya tvaritasya yuyutsayā
prajajvāla tato vediḥ sopādhyāyapurohitā

As Rāma spoke thus, hastening in his eagerness for battle, thereupon the altar blazed up, together with its teachers and priest.

Words: rāmasyaivaṃ — of Rāma thus; bruvāṇasya — of (him) speaking; tvaritasya — of (him) hastening, in haste; yuyutsayā — out of eagerness to fight; prajajvāla — blazed up, flared; tato — then, thereupon; vediḥ — the altar; sopādhyāyapurohitā — together with its teachers and priest

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.