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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.45

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.

3.60.45

nākāśam utpatiṣyanti sarvabhūtāni lakṣmaṇa
mama cāpaguṇān muktair bāṇajālair nirantaram

“No creatures shall fly up into the sky, Lakṣmaṇa, for the nets of arrows loosed from my bowstring will leave no gap.

Words: nākāśam — not into the sky; utpatiṣyanti — shall fly up; sarvabhūtāni — all creatures; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; mama — my; cāpaguṇān — from the bowstring; muktair — loosed, released; bāṇajālair — with nets of arrows; nirantaram — without gap, ceaselessly

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.