Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 108, Shloka 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 ||
ગિધ્ધો સાથે અનુગત તે શિવાઓ (શિયાળણીઓ) તેના મુખ સામે જોઈ, મુખેથી જ્વલંત અગ્નિ ઉગળતી; અને અશિવથી ભરપૂર નિમિત્તરૂપે પ્રણાદ કરતી રહી.
The vultures followed by she-jackals vomited, burning fire from their mouths indicating inauspiciousness and screamed.
FAQs
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.