Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 35, Shloka 34
माल्यवानुपदेशः
Malyavan’s Counsel, Portents in Laṅkā, and the Proposal of Alliance
पक्षिणश्चमृगास्सर्वेप्रत्यादित्यंरुदन्तिच ।कराळोविकटोमुण्डःपुरुषःकष्णपिङ्गळः ।।।।कालोगृहाणिसर्वेषांकालेकालेऽन्ववेक्षते ।एतान्यन्यानिदुष्टानिनिमित्तान्युत्पतन्तिच ।।।।
pakṣiṇaś ca mṛgāḥ sarve pratyādityaṃ rudanti ca | karāḷo vikaṭo muṇḍaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgaḷaḥ || kālo gṛhāṇi sarveṣāṃ kāle kāle 'nvavekṣate | etāny anyāni duṣṭāni nimittāny utpatanti ca ||
ಎಲ್ಲ ಪಕ್ಷಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮೃಗಗಳು ಸೂರ್ಯನತ್ತ ವಿರೋಧದಂತೆ ಅಳುತ್ತಾ ಕೂಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಕಾಲನೇ ಕರಾಳ, ವಿಕಟ, ಮುಂಡಿತ, ಕೃಷ್ಣ-ಪಿಂಗಳ ಪುರುಷರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ, ಕಾಲಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮನೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ನೋಟಹಾಕುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಇವುಗಳಂತೆ ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನೇಕ ದುಷ್ಟ ಅಶುಭ ನಿಮಿತ್ತಗಳು ಮರುಮರು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.
All birds and animals are making hostile noise. Time is always coming in a dreadful and monstrous blackish form with a shaved head, morning, and evening. Considering all these sinister portents are making an appearance at all households.
FAQs
Dharma recognizes moral causality: when adharma matures, kāla ‘arrives’ for all—hence rulers must return to truth and righteousness before destruction becomes inevitable.
A climactic summary of widespread portents is given, including Kāla personified, indicating Laṅkā’s danger is no longer private but universal.
Sobriety and foresight: accepting uncomfortable truth and choosing corrective action.