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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.36.14

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: the narrative extends the disturbance to wind, moon, and sun, while families think only of Rāma

2.36.14

na vāti pavanaḥ śīto na śaśī saumyadarśanaḥ
na sūryas tapate lokaṃ sarvaṃ paryākulaṃ jagat

The cool wind does not blow, the moon is not pleasant to look upon, the sun does not warm the world; the whole world is in turmoil.

Words: na vāti — does not blow; pavanaḥ — the wind; śīto — cool; na śaśī — the moon not; saumyadarśanaḥ — gentle to behold; na sūryas — the sun not; tapate — warms, heats; lokaṃ — the world; sarvaṃ — all, whole; paryākulaṃ — confused, in turmoil; jagat — the world

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.