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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Kabandha’s grasp. A headless being with a chest-eye, belly-mouth and two long arms seizes both brothers as they search the forest

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa's throbbing arm and other omens warn him of immediate danger, although a bird's call also seems to promise victory → he asks Rāma to be ready

3.65.11

eṣa vañculako nāma pakṣī paramadāruṇaḥ
āvayor vijayaṃ yuddhe śaṃsann iva vinardati

This bird named vañculaka, most dreadful, cries out as though foretelling victory for the two of us in battle.

Words: eṣa — this; vañculako — named vañculaka; nāma — by name; pakṣī — bird; paramadāruṇaḥ — most dreadful; āvayor — of us two; vijayaṃ — victory; yuddhe — in battle; śaṃsann — foretelling; iva — as though; vinardati — cries out, roars

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.