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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.15

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

1.73.15

vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaś cānye rājā ca sasutas tadā
sasaṃjñā iva tatrāsan sarvam anyad vicetanam

Vasiṣṭha, the other seers, and the king with his sons then alone remained conscious, as it were, while everything else was insensible.

Words: vasiṣṭha — Vasiṣṭha; ṛṣayaś — the seers; cānye — and others; rājā — the king; ca — and; sasutas — with his sons; tadā — then; sasaṃjñā — conscious, retaining their senses; iva — as it were; tatrāsan — remained there; sarvam — everything; anyad — else; vicetanam — senseless, unconscious

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.