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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.12
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
1.73.12
upasthitaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ divyaṃ pakṣimukhāc cyutam
mṛgāḥ praśamayanty ete saṃtāpas tyajyatām ayam
A terrible danger sent from heaven is at hand, issued from the mouths of the birds; but these beasts avert it — let this anguish be set aside.”
Words: upasthitaṃ — at hand, present; bhayaṃ — danger, fear; ghoraṃ — terrible; divyaṃ — heavenly, sent by heaven; pakṣimukhāc — from the mouths of the birds; cyutam — issued, fallen forth; mṛgāḥ — the beasts; praśamayanty — avert, allay; ete — these; saṃtāpas — anguish, distress; tyajyatām — let it be abandoned; ayam — this
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.