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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.29

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

3.22.29

etac cānyac ca bahuśo bruvāṇāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
dadṛśur vāhinīṃ teṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ gatāyuṣām

Speaking this and much else besides, the supreme seers watched the host of those rākṣasas, whose lives were already forfeit.

Words: etac — this; cānyac — and other; ca — and; bahuśo — repeatedly, in many ways; bruvāṇāḥ — speaking; paramarṣayaḥ — the supreme seers; dadṛśur — watched, saw; vāhinīṃ — the host, army; teṣāṃ — of those; rākṣasānāṃ — of the rākṣasas; gatāyuṣām — whose lives were forfeit

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.