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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.18

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage. Kuśanābha obtains Gādhi through sacrifice, Viśvāmitra identifies Gādhi as his father and recounts Satyavatī’s transformation into the river Kauśikī

In the sequence: he describes the still trees, resting animals, dark quarters, star-filled sky, rising moon, and roaming creatures of the night

1.33.18

naiśāni sarvabhūtāni pracaranti tatas tataḥ
yakṣarākṣasasaṃghāś ca raudrāś ca piśitāśanāḥ

All the creatures of the night roam here and there, and the throngs of yakṣas and rākṣasas, fierce and flesh-eating.

Words: naiśāni — nocturnal, of the night; sarvabhūtāni — all creatures; pracaranti — roam, move about; tatas tataḥ — here and there; yakṣarākṣasasaṃghāś — throngs of yakṣas and rākṣasas; ca — and; raudrāś — fierce, dreadful; ca — and; piśitāśanāḥ — flesh-eating

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.