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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.32

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: trees, ponds, mountains, and the dimmed sun are described as sharing her distress, while animals run after her shadow

3.50.32

utpāta vātābhihatā nānādvija gaṇāyutāḥ
mā bhair iti vidhūtāgrā vyājahrur iva pādapāḥ

Struck by tempest-winds, filled with flocks of many birds, the trees with their tops tossing seemed to cry, 'Do not fear!'

Words: utpāta vātābhihatā — struck by tempest-winds; nānādvija gaṇāyutāḥ — filled with flocks of many birds; mā — not; bhair — fear; iti — thus; vidhūtāgrā — with tops shaken; vyājahrur — uttered, spoke; iva — as if; pādapāḥ — the trees

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.