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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.27

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

3.22.27

sametya coruḥ sahitās te 'nyāyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
svasti gobrāhmaṇebhyo 'stu lokānāṃ ye ca saṃmatāḥ

Having assembled, those of holy deeds spoke together of the injustice (of it): “May it be well with cows and brahmins, and with those esteemed among the worlds!

Words: sametya — having assembled; coruḥ — and (they) spoke together; sahitās — united, together; te — they; 'nyāyaṃ — the injustice, wrong; puṇyakarmaṇaḥ — of holy deeds; svasti — well-being, blessing; gobrāhmaṇebhyo — to cows and brahmins; 'stu — let it be; lokānāṃ — of the worlds; ye — who; ca — and; saṃmatāḥ — esteemed, honoured

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.