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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.31
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: he examines a broken jeweled bow, shattered armor, a broken parasol, dead goblin-faced draft animals, the wrecked chariot, and scattered arrows, asking who owned them
3.60.31
kāñcanoraśchadāś ceme piśācavadanāḥ kharāḥ
bhīmarūpā mahākāyāḥ kasya vā nihatā raṇe
“And these mules with golden breast-armour, goblin-faced, of dreadful form and huge body — whose are they, slain in battle?”
Words: kāñcanoraśchadāś — with golden breast-coverings; ceme — and these; piśācavadanāḥ — goblin-faced; kharāḥ — mules, asses; bhīmarūpā — of dreadful form; mahākāyāḥ — of huge body; kasya — whose; vā — or; nihatā — slain; raṇe — in battle
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.