Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 4
अवष्टब्धं च मे राम नक्षत्रं दारुणैर्ग्रहैः। आवेदयन्ति दैवज्ञाः सूर्याङ्गारकराहुभिः
avaṣṭabdhaṃ ca me rāma nakṣatraṃ dāruṇairgrahaiḥ| āvedayanti daivajñāḥ sūryāṅgārakarāhubhiḥ
O Rama astrologers also tell me that formidable planets Sun, Mars and Rahu have afflicted my birth star.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
The Sun, Mars, and Rahu have afflicted Dasharatha's birth star. The astrological precision is not superstition but narrative architecture — the stars themselves are aligning to signal a great change. The king reads the sky as one reads a coming storm.
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