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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.41

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.

3.60.41

mamāstrabāṇasaṃpūrṇam ākāśaṃ paśya lakṣmaṇa
niḥsaṃpātaṃ kariṣyāmi hy adya trailokyacāriṇām

“See the sky filled with my missiles and arrows, Lakṣmaṇa; this very day I shall leave no passage for those who roam the three worlds.

Words: mamāstrabāṇasaṃpūrṇam — filled with my missiles and arrows; ākāśaṃ — the sky; paśya — see; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; niḥsaṃpātaṃ — without passage, impassable; kariṣyāmi — I shall make; hy — indeed; adya — today; trailokyacāriṇām — of those roaming the three worlds

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.