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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.36.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Ayodhyā falls into mourning. Palace women lament, offerings and daily activity cease, animals refuse food and the city loses its joy

In the sequence: their cries deepen Daśaratha's grief → normal activity breaks down: offerings are neglected, animals refuse food or fail to nurse their young, and ominous changes appear in the sky

2.36.10

triśaṅkur lohitāṅgaś ca bṛhaspatibudhāv api
dāruṇāḥ somam abhyetya grahāḥ sarve vyavasthitāḥ

Triśaṅku (a constellation), Mars, and Jupiter and Mercury too — all the planets, grown baleful, came near the moon and stood there.

Words: triśaṅkur — Triśaṅku (a constellation); lohitāṅgaś ca — and Mars (the red-bodied); bṛhaspatibudhāv api — Jupiter and Mercury too; dāruṇāḥ — fierce, baleful; somam — the moon; abhyetya — having approached; grahāḥ — the planets; sarve — all; vyavasthitāḥ — stationed, standing

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.