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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.3

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: The narrative returns to Rāma after Mārīca's death: hurrying home, he hears an ominous jackal cry behind him

3.55.3

sa tasya svaram ājñāya dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam
cintayām āsa gomāyoḥ svareṇa pariśaṅkitaḥ

Recognizing that dreadful, hair-raising cry of the creature, he fell to brooding, alarmed by the jackal's voice.

Words: sa — he; tasya — its; svaram — cry; ājñāya — having recognized; dāruṇaṃ — dreadful; romaharṣaṇam — hair-raising; cintayām — to brooding; āsa — fell; gomāyoḥ — of the jackal; svareṇa — by the voice; pariśaṅkitaḥ — alarmed

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.