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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.9

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: he suspects the deer was part of a coordinated rākṣasa plan against her and recalls the hostility created by Khara's defeat

3.55.9

api svasti bhaved dvābhyāṃ rahitābhyāṃ mayā vane
janasthānanimittaṃ hi kṛtavairo 'smi rākṣasaiḥ
nimittāni ca ghorāṇi dṛśyante 'dya bahūni ca

"May it be well with those two left without me in the forest; for on account of Janasthāna I have made enmity with the rākṣasas, and today many dreadful portents are seen."

Words: api — may it be that; svasti — well-being; bhaved — there be; dvābhyāṃ — with the two; rahitābhyāṃ — left, deprived; mayā — by me, of me; vane — in the forest; janasthānanimittaṃ — on account of Janasthāna; hi — for; kṛtavairo — having made enmity; 'smi — I am; rākṣasaiḥ — with the rākṣasas; nimittāni — portents; ca — and; ghorāṇi — dreadful; dṛśyante — are seen; 'dya — today; bahūni — many; ca — and

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.