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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.9

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

1.29.9

mantravac ca yathānyāyaṃ yajño 'sau saṃpravartate
ākāśe ca mahāñ śabdaḥ prādur āsīd bhayānakaḥ

And that sacrifice proceeded with proper mantras, according to rule; and in the sky arose a great and terrifying noise.

Words: mantravac — accompanied by mantras; ca — and; yathānyāyaṃ — according to rule, as prescribed; yajño 'sau — that sacrifice; saṃpravartate — proceeds, goes forward; ākāśe — in the sky; ca — and; mahāñ — great; śabdaḥ — noise, sound; prādur āsīd — arose, became manifest; bhayānakaḥ — terrifying, dreadful

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.