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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Omens on Khara’s march. Blood-coloured rain, darkness and bodily tremors warn of disaster, Khara dismisses them and advances with his leading warriors

In the sequence: predators cry, darkness spreads before twilight, jackals howl, the sun is obscured, and stars appear by day

3.22.11

kabandhaḥ parighābhāso dṛśyate bhāskarāntike
jagrāha sūryaṃ svarbhānur aparvaṇi mahāgrahaḥ

A headless-trunk shape, like an iron bar, was seen near the sun; and Svarbhānu (Rāhu), the great planet, seized the sun though it was not the eclipse juncture.

Words: kabandhaḥ — a headless trunk (-shaped cloud); parighābhāso — resembling an iron bar; dṛśyate — is/was seen; bhāskarāntike — near the sun; jagrāha — seized; sūryaṃ — the sun; svarbhānur — Svarbhānu (Rāhu); aparvaṇi — not at the (eclipse) juncture; mahāgrahaḥ — the great planet/seizer

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.