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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.40
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.
3.60.40
naiva yakṣā na gandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ
kiṃnarā vā manuṣyā vā sukhaṃ prāpsyanti lakṣmaṇa
“Neither yakṣas nor gandharvas, neither piśācas nor rākṣasas, neither kiṃnaras nor men shall find any ease, Lakṣmaṇa.
Words: naiva — not at all; yakṣā — the yakṣas; na — not; gandharvā — the gandharvas; na — not; piśācā — the piśācas; na — not; rākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas; kiṃnarā — the kiṃnaras; vā — or; manuṣyā — men; vā — or; sukhaṃ — ease, happiness; prāpsyanti — shall attain, find; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa
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.