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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.7

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāvaṇa boasts of his power. He recounts defeating Kubera and seizing Puṣpaka, offers Laṅkā’s pleasures and is rebuked by Sītā for disgracing his lineage

In the sequence: he claims that even Indra, the wind, sun, trees, and rivers respond in fear to his presence

3.46.7

mama saṃjātaroṣasya mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva maithili
vidravanti paritrastāḥ surāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ

At the mere sight of my face, when wrath has arisen in me, O Maithilī, the gods led by Śakra flee away utterly terrified.

Words: mama — my; saṃjātaroṣasya — of me in whom rage has arisen; mukhaṃ — the face; dṛṣṭvaiva — at the very sight; maithili — O Maithilī; vidravanti — flee, scatter; paritrastāḥ — terrified; surāḥ — the gods; śakrapurogamāḥ — led by Śakra (Indra)

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.