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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.49

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.

3.60.49

naiva devā na daiteyā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ
bhaviṣyanti mama krodhāt trailokye vipraṇāśite

“When the three worlds are utterly destroyed by my wrath, neither gods nor daityas, neither piśācas nor rākṣasas shall remain.

Words: naiva — not at all; devā — the gods; na — not; daiteyā — the daityas; na — not; piśācā — the piśācas; na — not; rākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas; bhaviṣyanti — shall be, remain; mama — my; krodhāt — from wrath; trailokye — when the three worlds; vipraṇāśite — are utterly destroyed

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.