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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.43

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.

3.60.43

vinirmathitaśailāgraṃ śuṣyamāṇajalāśayam
dhvastadrumalatāgulmaṃ vipraṇāśitasāgaram

“with the mountain-peaks crushed, the reservoirs dried up, the trees, creepers, and thickets destroyed, and the ocean made to vanish —

Words: vinirmathitaśailāgraṃ — with mountain-peaks crushed; śuṣyamāṇajalāśayam — with the reservoirs being dried up; dhvastadrumalatāgulmaṃ — with trees, creepers and thickets destroyed; vipraṇāśitasāgaram — with the ocean 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.