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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.6

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise. He approaches Sītā with Vedic words and praise of her beauty, she receives him as a brāhmaṇa guest

In the sequence: the forest and Godāvarī become unnaturally still at his presence

3.44.6

tam ugraṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ janasthānaruhā drumāḥ
samīkṣya na prakampante na pravāti ca mārutaḥ

Beholding him, that fierce doer of evil deeds, the trees growing in Janasthāna did not stir, and the wind did not blow.

Words: tam — him; ugraṃ — fierce; pāpakarmāṇaṃ — doer of evil deeds; janasthānaruhā — growing in Janasthāna; drumāḥ — the trees; samīkṣya — having beheld; na — not; prakampante — stir, tremble; na — not; pravāti — blows; ca — and; mārutaḥ — the wind

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.