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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.18
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Traces of Sītā’s abduction. Flowers, footprints, blood and chariot wreckage suggest a struggle, Rāma’s uncertainty turns to threats against the whole world
In the sequence: angered by the silence around him, he threatens to destroy the mountain or dry up the river unless they reveal her whereabouts. Rāma finds the deep footprint of a rākṣasa and Sītā's trampled tracks
3.60.18
evam uktvā mahābāhur lakṣmaṇaṃ puruṣarṣabham
kruddho 'bravīd giriṃ tatra siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā
Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, the bull among men, the mighty-armed one, enraged, addressed the mountain there, as a lion might a small beast:
Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; mahābāhur — the mighty-armed one; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; puruṣarṣabham — the bull among men; kruddho — enraged; 'bravīd — addressed, said; giriṃ — the mountain; tatra — there; siṃhaḥ — a lion; kṣudramṛgaṃ — a small beast; yathā — as, like
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.