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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.10
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 55: Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa. Omens and the false cry make him fear a plot against Sītā, he reproaches Lakṣmaṇa for leaving her alone
In the sequence: as he approaches Janasthāna, further disturbing animal behavior increases his foreboding
3.55.10
ity evaṃ cintayan rāmaḥ śrutvā gomāyuniḥsvanam
ātmanaś cāpanayanaṃ mṛgarūpeṇa rakṣasā
ājagāma janasthānaṃ rāghavaḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ
Brooding thus, having heard the jackal's cry and knowing his own being led away by the rākṣasa in the deer's form, Rāghava came to Janasthāna, filled with foreboding.
Words: ity — thus; evaṃ — in this way; cintayan — brooding; rāmaḥ — Rāma; śrutvā — having heard; gomāyuniḥsvanam — the jackal's cry; ātmanaś — of himself; cāpanayanaṃ — and the leading away; mṛgarūpeṇa — in the deer's form; rakṣasā — by the rākṣasa; ājagāma — came; janasthānaṃ — to Janasthāna; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; pariśaṅkitaḥ — filled with foreboding
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.