Shloka 6.108.27
रावणरथवैभव–निमित्तदर्शन–राममातलिसंवादः (Ravana’s Chariot, Portents, and Rama–Matali Instructions)
गृध्रैरनुगताश्चास्यवमन्त्योज्वलनंमुखैः ।।।।प्रणेदुर्मुखमीक्षन्त्यःसम्रद्धमशिवंशिवाः ।
gṛdhrair anugatāś cāsya vamantyo jvalanaṃ mukhaiḥ |
praṇedur mukham īkṣantyaḥ samṛddham aśivaṃ śivāḥ ||
Followed by vultures, the she-jackals faced him and spewed blazing fire from their mouths; staring on, they cried out—an omen heavy with inauspiciousness.
The vultures followed by she-jackals vomited, burning fire from their mouths indicating inauspiciousness and screamed.
Adharma announces its consequences: violent, unnatural omens function as a moral disclosure that wrongdoing cannot remain hidden or consequence-free.
Battlefield portents intensify around Rāvaṇa—predatory birds and jackals behave ominously, foretelling calamity.
Implicitly, moral clarity (satya-dṛṣṭi) and alignment with dharma—qualities attributed to Rāma—stand opposed to Rāvaṇa’s inauspicious trajectory.