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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.25

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again. He tears her from the trees and resumes the flight, flowers and ornaments fall while the landscape shares her distress

In the sequence: flowers scatter from her hair; an anklet, other ornaments, and a necklace fall toward the ground

3.50.25

sā tu rāvaṇavegena puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ
samādhūtā daśagrīvaṃ punar evābhyavartata

But that shower of flowers, stirred up on every side by Rāvaṇa's speed, turned back once more upon the ten-necked one.

Words: sā — that; tu — but; rāvaṇavegena — by Rāvaṇa's speed; puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ — shower of flowers; samantataḥ — on every side; samādhūtā — stirred up, tossed; daśagrīvaṃ — the ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa); punar — again; evābhyavartata — indeed turned back

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.