Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 57: Śrī Rāma Meets Lakṣmaṇa
Text 3.57.2
तस्य सन्त्वरमाणस्य द्रष्टुकामस्य मैथिलीम्।
क्रूर-स्वनोऽथ गोमायुर्विननादास्य पृष्ठतः॥
tasya santvaramāṇasya draṣṭu-kāmasya maithilīm
krūra-svano ’tha gomāyur vinanādāsya pṛṣṭhataḥ
tasya = He; santvaramāṇasya = hurried; draṣṭu-kāmasya = desiring to see; maithilīm = Maithilī; krūra-svanaḥ = in a cruel voice; atha = at that time; gomāyuḥ = a jackal; vinanāda = howled; asya = Him; pṛṣṭhataḥ = behind.
He hurried, desiring to see Maithilī. At that time, a jackal howled in a cruel voice behind Him.
This is an evil omen.