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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.13

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: dust darkens the sun and hides the directions → the army is stunned, while the King, princes, and munis remain conscious

1.73.13

teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra vāyuḥ prādur babhūva ha
kampayan medinīṃ sarvāṃ pātayaṃś ca drumāṃḥ śubhān

As they were conversing there, a wind arose, shaking the whole earth and felling the fair trees.

Words: teṣāṃ — of them; saṃvadatāṃ — (as they were) conversing (gen. abs.); tatra — there; vāyuḥ — wind; prādur babhūva — arose, sprang up; ha — indeed; kampayan — shaking; medinīṃ — the earth; sarvāṃ — whole; pātayaṃś — felling; ca — and; drumāṃḥ — trees; śubhān — fair, fine

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.