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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.23.7
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
3.23.7
saṃprahāras tu sumahān bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
ayam ākhyāti me bāhuḥ sphuramāṇo muhur muhuḥ
A very great battle will take place, no doubt; this arm of mine, throbbing again and again, foretells it.
Words: saṃprahāras — battle, clash; tu — indeed; sumahān — very great; bhaviṣyati — will be, take place; na saṃśayaḥ — no doubt; ayam — this; ākhyāti — tells, foretells; me — my; bāhuḥ — arm; sphuramāṇo — throbbing, quivering; muhur muhuḥ — again and again
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.