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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.8.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 8: Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy. Daśaratha proposes a sacrifice for sons, Sumantra recalls Sanatkumāra’s prophecy and the story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga’s arrival in drought-stricken Aṅga

In the sequence: a transgression by Romapāda, King of Aṅga, brings a terrible drought → the distressed King asks learned brāhmaṇas how to make amends

1.8.12

tasya vyatikramād rājño bhaviṣyati sudāruṇā
anāvṛṣṭiḥ sughorā vai sarvabhūtabhayāvahā

Through a transgression of that king there will come a most terrible, dreadful drought, bringing terror to all beings.

Words: tasya — of that; vyatikramād — through a transgression, lapse; rājño — of the king; bhaviṣyati — will be; sudāruṇā — most terrible; anāvṛṣṭiḥ — drought, failure of rain; sughorā — most dreadful; vai — indeed; sarvabhūtabhayāvahā — bringing terror to all beings

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.