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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.47

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.

3.60.47

ākarṇapūrṇair iṣubhir jīvalokaṃ durāvaraiḥ
kariṣye maithilīhetor apiśācam arākṣasaṃ

“With arrows drawn back to the ear, irresistible, for Maithilī's sake I shall make the world of the living free of piśācas and of rākṣasas.

Words: ākarṇapūrṇair — drawn full to the ear; iṣubhir — with arrows; jīvalokaṃ — the world of the living; durāvaraiḥ — irresistible, hard to ward off; kariṣye — I shall make; maithilīhetor — for the sake of Maithilī; apiśācam — free of piśācas; arākṣasaṃ — free of rākṣasas

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.