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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: Back at Citrakūṭa, after Bharata's departure, Rāma notices the tapasvins exchanging worried looks and speaking about him

2.108.3

nayanair bhṛkuṭībhiś ca rāmaṃ nirdiśya śaṅkitāḥ
anyonyam upajalpantaḥ śanaiś cakrur mithaḥ kathāḥ

Pointing at Rāma with their eyes and their frowns, apprehensive, whispering to one another, they softly held mutual conversation.

Words: nayanair — with (their) eyes; bhṛkuṭībhiś ca — and with frowns; rāmaṃ — (at) Rāma; nirdiśya — having pointed out; śaṅkitāḥ — apprehensive; anyonyam — one another; upajalpantaḥ — whispering, murmuring; śanaiś — softly; cakrur — they made; mithaḥ — mutually; kathāḥ — conversations

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.