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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.10
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 73: Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home. Janaka gives bridal wealth and the company leaves Mithilā, mixed omens and a dust-darkened sky precede Paraśurāma’s armed appearance
In the sequence: troubled by the conflicting signs, Daśaratha asks Vasiṣṭha what they mean → Vasiṣṭha predicts a grave danger but says the animals foretell its resolution. A violent wind shakes the earth and brings down trees
1.73.10
tān dṛṣṭvā rājaśārdūlo vasiṣṭhaṃ paryapṛcchata
asaumyāḥ pakṣiṇo ghorā mṛgāś cāpi pradakṣiṇāḥ
kim idaṃ hṛdayotkampi mano mama viṣīdati
Seeing them, the tiger among kings questioned Vasiṣṭha: “The birds are inauspicious and terrible, yet the beasts move to the right; what is this that makes my heart tremble, so that my mind sinks?”
Words: tān — them; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rājaśārdūlo — tiger among kings; vasiṣṭhaṃ — Vasiṣṭha; paryapṛcchata — questioned, asked; asaumyāḥ — inauspicious, unlovely; pakṣiṇo — birds; ghorā — terrible; mṛgāś — beasts; cāpi — and yet; pradakṣiṇāḥ — (moving) to the right; kim idaṃ — what is this; hṛdayotkampi — making the heart tremble; mano — mind; mama — my; viṣīdati — sinks, despairs
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.