Shloka 3.57.11
मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च (After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana)
इत्येवं चिन्तयन्रामश्श्रुत्वा गोमायुनिस्स्वनम्।।3.57.10।।आत्मनश्चापनयनान्मृगरूपेण रक्षसा।आजगाम जनस्थानं राघवः परिशङ्कितः।।3.57.11।।
taṃ dīnamanaso dīnam āsedur mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ |
savyaṃ kṛtvā mahātmānaṃ ghorāṃś ca sasṛjuḥ svarān ||
Beasts and birds, their hearts weighed down, came to him in distress; keeping the great-souled one to their left, they uttered dreadful cries.
On hearing the jackal's howl, Rama began thinking how the demon in the form of a deer drew him away. Thus in the midst of apprehensions he reached Janasthana.
Dharma literature often treats nature as a moral mirror: ominous signs warn the righteous to act with heightened care and responsibility.
As Rāma nears the hermitage area, animals and birds behave inauspiciously, signaling impending calamity.
Sensitivity and attentiveness: the hero must read signs and respond to protect dharma and dependents.