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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.17

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: Khara's left arm trembles, his voice falters, his eyes fill with tears, and his forehead aches, but he does not turn back

3.22.17

sāsrā saṃpadyate dṛṣṭiḥ paśyamānasya sarvataḥ
lalāṭe ca rujā jātā na ca mohān nyavartata

As he looked about on every side, his sight became tearful, and a pain arose in his forehead; yet out of infatuation he did not turn back.

Words: sāsrā — tearful; saṃpadyate — became; dṛṣṭiḥ — sight, vision; paśyamānasya — of (him) looking; sarvataḥ — on every side; lalāṭe — on the forehead; ca — and; rujā — pain, ache; jātā — arose; na — not; ca — and (yet); mohān — out of infatuation, delusion; nyavartata — turned back

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.