Shloka 3.46.4
रावणस्य परिव्राजकवेषेण सीतासमीपगमनम् (Ravana Approaches Sita Disguised as a Mendicant)
तामाससादातिबलो भ्रातृभ्यां रहितां वने।।।।रहितां चन्द्रसूर्याभ्यां सन्ध्यामिव महत्तमः।
tam ugratejaḥkarmāṇaṃ janasthānarūhā drumāḥ |
samīkṣya samprakampante na pravāti ca mārutaḥ ||
Seeing him—fierce in power and in deeds—the great trees growing at Janasthāna trembled, and even the wind did not blow.
Mighty Ravana approached Sita deprived of both the brothers, Like darkness encompasses the evening twilight in the absence of the Sun and the Moon.
Adharma disturbs harmony: nature itself appears to recoil, suggesting that unrighteous intent disrupts the moral order (ṛta) mirrored in the world.
Rāvaṇa’s ominous presence is described through natural signs as he nears Sītā.
The verse emphasizes the universe’s alignment with dharma: even non-human elements symbolically register the approach of wrongdoing.