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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.13

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: plants lose their flowers and fruit, dust rises without wind, meteors fall, and the earth shakes

3.22.13

saṃlīnamīnavihagā nalinyaḥ puṣpapaṅkajāḥ
tasmin kṣaṇe babhūvuś ca vinā puṣpaphalair drumāḥ

The lotus-ponds, their fish and birds hidden away and their lotus-blossoms (closed); and at that moment the trees became bereft of flowers and fruit.

Words: saṃlīnamīnavihagā — with fish and birds hidden; nalinyaḥ — the lotus-ponds; puṣpapaṅkajāḥ — (with) their lotus-blossoms; tasmin kṣaṇe — at that moment; babhūvuś — became; ca — and; vinā — without; puṣpaphalair — flowers and fruits; drumāḥ — the trees

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.