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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.9

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

3.46.9

niṣkampapatrās taravo nadyaś ca stimitodakāḥ
bhavanti yatra yatrāhaṃ tiṣṭhāmi ca carāmi ca

Wherever I stand and wherever I move, the trees become still-leaved and the rivers hold their waters motionless.

Words: niṣkampapatrās — with unmoving leaves; taravo — the trees; nadyaś ca — and the rivers; stimitodakāḥ — with still waters; bhavanti — become; yatra — where; yatrāhaṃ — wherever I; tiṣṭhāmi — stand; ca — and; carāmi — move about; 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.