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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.42

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.

3.60.42

saṃniruddhagrahagaṇam āvāritaniśākaram
vipranaṣṭānalamarudbhāskaradyutisaṃvṛtam

“(A sky) with the host of planets checked, the moon shut off, and the light of fire, wind, and sun made to vanish and be obscured —

Words: saṃniruddhagrahagaṇam — with the host of planets checked; āvāritaniśākaram — with the moon shut off; vipranaṣṭānalamarudbhāskaradyutisaṃvṛtam — obscured, with the light of fire, wind and sun made to vanish

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.