← 3.23.5 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 23: Rāma prepares to fight alone · 3.23.7 →
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.23.6
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 23: Rāma prepares to fight alone. He reads the omens as signs of victory, sends Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa into a mountain cave and faces the fourteen thousand
In the sequence: his weapons seem eager for battle, birds signal danger, and his throbbing arm foretells combat → Lakṣmaṇa's bright, composed face gives him confidence in victory
3.23.6
yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇo vanacāriṇaḥ
agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca
From the manner in which the forest-roaming birds here cry, danger has come upon us, and a peril to our life lies ahead.
Words: yādṛśā — in what manner, such as; iha — here; kūjanti — cry, chirp; pakṣiṇo — birds; vanacāriṇaḥ — forest-roaming; agrato — ahead, in front; no — our; bhayaṃ — danger, fear; prāptaṃ — has come, arrived; saṃśayo — peril, doubt; jīvitasya — of (our) life; ca — and
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.