Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 35, Shloka 30
माल्यवानुपदेशः
Malyavan’s Counsel, Portents in Laṅkā, and the Proposal of Alliance
गृहाणांबलिकर्माणिश्वानःपर्युपभुञ्जते ।खरागोषुप्रजायन्तेमूषकानकुलैस्सह ।।।।
gṛhāṇāṃ balikarmāṇi śvānaḥ paryupabhuñjate | kharā goṣu prajāyante mūṣakā nakulaiḥ saha ||
Sa mga tahanan, ang mga aso’y nilalantakan ang mga handog na pagkain para sa pagsamba; sa gitna ng mga baka’y isinisilang ang mga asno, at ang mga daga’y isinisilang na kasama ng mga monggo—mga tanda ng pagbaligtad ng kalikasan at nalalapit na kapahamakan.
"In the houses, food offerings made for gods are eaten by dogs, donkeys are procreating cows and rats of mongoose."
FAQs
Dharma is sustaining order—ritual, social, and moral. When offerings are desecrated and nature appears inverted, it signals a breach of righteousness demanding correction.
A catalogue of unsettling portents is being presented as evidence that Laṅkā is under a shadow of doom.
Discernment (viveka): recognizing disorder as a prompt to return to right conduct.