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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.62.9
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching. Even the great suffer loss, judgment and effort must survive grief so that the enemy can be found and defeated
In the sequence: he cites misfortune even among the great: Yayāti's fall, Vasiṣṭha's loss of a hundred sons, the earth's tremors, and eclipses of the sun and moon
3.62.9
yā ceyaṃ jagato mātā devī lokanamaskṛtā
asyāś ca calanaṃ bhūmer dṛśyate satyasaṃśrava
“And this goddess who is the mother of the world, revered by all peoples — even of this Earth a quaking is seen, O you of true resolve.
Words: yā — who; ceyaṃ — and this; jagato — of the world; mātā — mother; devī — goddess; lokanamaskṛtā — revered by the world; asyāś — of this; ca — and; calanaṃ — a quaking, trembling; bhūmer — of the Earth; dṛśyate — is seen; satyasaṃśrava — O you of true resolve/word
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.