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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.9
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: darkness and disorder spread through the world → Brahmā, seeing the abduction with divine sight, declares the task accomplished, while the forest munis feel both satisfaction and distress
3.50.9
pradharṣitāyāṃ vaidehyāṃ babhūva sacarācaram
jagat sarvam amaryādaṃ tamasāndhena saṃvṛtam
When Vaidehī was assaulted, the whole world with all that moves and is unmoving fell into disorder, wrapped in blinding darkness.
Words: pradharṣitāyāṃ — when assaulted, violated (loc. abs.); vaidehyāṃ — when Vaidehī (loc. abs.); babhūva — became; sacarācaram — with all moving and unmoving things; jagat — the world; sarvam — whole, all; amaryādaṃ — lawless, without bounds; tamasāndhena — with blinding darkness; saṃvṛtam — enveloped, covered
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.