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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.51
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.
3.60.51
yathā jarā yathā mṛtyur yathākālo yathāvidhiḥ
nityaṃ na pratihanyante sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa
tathāhaṃ krodhasaṃyukto na nivāryo 'smy asaṃśayam
“As old age, as death, as time, and as ordinance are never turned back among all beings, Lakṣmaṇa, so I, joined with wrath, am not to be checked — of that there is no doubt.
Words: yathā — as; jarā — old age; yathā — as; mṛtyur — death; yathākālo — as time; yathāvidhiḥ — as ordinance, fate; nityaṃ — ever, always; na — not; pratihanyante — are turned back, checked; sarvabhūteṣu — among all beings; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; tathāhaṃ — so I; krodhasaṃyukto — joined with wrath; na — not; nivāryo — to be checked, warded off; 'smy — I am; asaṃśayam — without doubt
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.