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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.8

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

3.46.8

yatra tiṣṭhāmy ahaṃ tatra māruto vāti śaṅkitaḥ
tīvrāṃśuḥ śiśirāṃśuś ca bhayāt saṃpadyate raviḥ

Wherever I stand, there the wind blows warily, and the sun, whose rays are fierce, becomes cool-rayed out of fear.

Words: yatra — where; tiṣṭhāmy — I stand; ahaṃ — I; tatra — there; māruto — the wind; vāti — blows; śaṅkitaḥ — warily, hesitantly; tīvrāṃśuḥ — fierce-rayed (the sun); śiśirāṃśuś ca — and cool-rayed; bhayāt — out of fear; saṃpadyate — becomes; raviḥ — the sun

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.