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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.39
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: his anger expands beyond the unknown offender: he threatens to block the heavens with arrows, destroy mountains and waters, and overturn the worlds unless Sītā is restored unharmed.
3.60.39
māṃ prāpya hi guṇo doṣaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ paśya lakṣmaṇa
adyaiva sarvabhūtānāṃ rakṣasām abhavāya ca
saṃhṛtyaiva śaśijyotsnāṃ mahān sūrya ivoditaḥ
“See, Lakṣmaṇa, how in me virtue has turned into a fault; this very day, for the destruction of all beings and of the rākṣasas, I rise like the mighty sun that first draws in the moonlight.
Words: māṃ — me; prāpya — having come upon, reaching; hi — indeed; guṇo — virtue, merit; doṣaḥ — a fault, defect; saṃvṛttaḥ — has become, turned into; paśya — see; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; adyaiva — this very day; sarvabhūtānāṃ — of all beings; rakṣasām — of the rākṣasas; abhavāya — for the destruction, non-existence; ca — and; saṃhṛtyaiva — having drawn in, gathered up; śaśijyotsnāṃ — the moonlight; mahān — the mighty; sūrya — sun; ivoditaḥ — as if risen
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.