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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.26

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: meanwhile ṛṣis, Devas, gandharvas, siddhas and cāraṇas gather and pray for Rāma's victory

3.22.26

sameyuś ca mahātmāno yuddhadarśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca saha cāraṇaiḥ

And there gathered the great-souled seers, gods, gandharvas, and siddhas, together with the cāraṇas, eager to witness the battle.

Words: sameyuś — gathered, came together; ca — and; mahātmāno — the great-souled; yuddhadarśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ — eager to witness the battle; ṛṣayo — seers; devagandharvāḥ — gods and gandharvas; siddhāś — siddhas (perfected beings); ca — and; saha cāraṇaiḥ — together with the cāraṇas (celestial bards)

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.