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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.11

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

3.55.11

taṃ dīnamānasaṃ dīnam āsedur mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
savyaṃ kṛtvā mahātmānaṃ ghorāṃś ca sasṛjuḥ svarān

Beasts and birds came up to him, downcast and low in spirit, and keeping the great one on their left, they let loose dreadful cries.

Words: taṃ — him; dīnamānasaṃ — low in spirit; dīnam — downcast; āsedur — came up to; mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ — beasts and birds; savyaṃ — on the left; kṛtvā — having kept, made; mahātmānaṃ — the great one; ghorāṃś — dreadful; ca — and; sasṛjuḥ — let loose; svarān — cries

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.