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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.9

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sītā drops her ornaments. She drops her silk and ornaments among five monkeys, Rāvaṇa confines her in Laṅkā and sends agents to Janasthāna

In the sequence: he crosses the ocean as cāraṇas and siddhas declare that this act will bring his end

3.52.9

saṃbhramāt parivṛttormī ruddhamīnamahoragaḥ
vaidehyāṃ hriyamāṇāyāṃ babhūva varuṇālayaḥ

As Vaidehī was being carried off, the ocean, abode of Varuṇa, in agitation turned back its waves, its fish and great serpents held motionless.

Words: saṃbhramāt — in agitation; parivṛttormī — its waves turned back; ruddhamīnamahoragaḥ — its fish and great serpents held motionless; vaidehyāṃ — when Vaidehī (loc. abs.); hriyamāṇāyāṃ — being carried off (loc. abs.); babhūva — became; varuṇālayaḥ — the abode of Varuṇa (the ocean)

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.