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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.8
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 63: Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu. Rāma mistakes him for Sītā’s killer, Jaṭāyu names Rāvaṇa and explains the wreckage, the brothers embrace him
In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa recommends searching Janasthāna's woods, ravines, mountain strongholds, and caves → the brothers resume the search together
3.63.8
āpatsu na prakampante vāyuvegair ivācalāḥ
ity uktas tad vanaṃ sarvaṃ vicacāra salakṣmaṇaḥ
“In calamities they do not tremble, like mountains before the gusts of wind.” Thus addressed, Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa roamed through all that forest.
Words: āpatsu — in calamities; na — not; prakampante — tremble, shake; vāyuvegair — by the gusts of wind; ivācalāḥ — like mountains; ity — thus; uktas — addressed; tad — that; vanaṃ — forest; sarvaṃ — all; vicacāra — roamed through; salakṣmaṇaḥ — together with 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.