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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.33

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Sītā’s abduction. Rāvaṇa reveals his ten-faced form and lifts her into his flying chariot, she calls on the forest, river and Jaṭāyu to inform Rāma

In the sequence: she appeals to Janasthāna's trees, the mountains Mālyavat and Prasravaṇa, the Godāvarī, the vanadevatās, and all animals and birds to tell Rāma who has taken her

3.47.33

yāni kāni cid apy atra sattvāni nivasanty uta
sarvāṇi śaraṇaṃ yāmi mṛgapakṣigaṇān api

'Whatever creatures dwell here, to them all I go for refuge — even to the flocks of beasts and birds.'

Words: yāni — whatever; kāni — which; cid — -soever; apy — even; atra — here; sattvāni — creatures; nivasanty — dwell; uta — indeed; sarvāṇi — all; śaraṇaṃ — for refuge; yāmi — I go; mṛgapakṣigaṇān — the hosts of beasts and birds; api — also

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.