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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.46

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.

3.60.46

arditaṃ mama nārācair dhvastabhrāntamṛgadvijam
samākulam amaryādaṃ jagat paśyādya lakṣmaṇa

“Behold today, Lakṣmaṇa, the world tormented by my iron shafts, its beasts and birds struck down and driven in panic, thrown into confusion and bereft of all bounds.

Words: arditaṃ — tormented, afflicted; mama — my; nārācair — by iron arrows; dhvastabhrāntamṛgadvijam — with beasts and birds struck down and panic-stricken; samākulam — thrown into confusion, crowded; amaryādaṃ — bereft of bounds, without limits; jagat — the world; paśyādya — behold today; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.