All 6 Uses of
impending
in
The Ramayana
- As on they came in wild career Thick blood in rain they shed; And Ráma saw those things of fear Impending overhead.†
Book 1impending = about to happen
- The friend on whom he most relies, In danger, from a monarch flies, Imperious in his high estate, Conceited, proud, and passionate; Who ne'er to state affairs attends With wholesome fear when woe impends Most weak and worthless as the grass, Soon from his sway the realm will pass.†
Book 3
- Think not I fear the sudden blow That threatens now to lay me low: I mourn the ruin that I see Impending o'er thy host and thee.†
Book 3 *impending = about to happen
- First ranks the king, when woe impends Who seeks the counsel of his friends, Of kinsmen ever faithful found, Or those whose hopes with his are bound, Then with their aid his strength applies, And triumphs in his enterprise.†
Book 6
- Save from the ruin that impends Thy town, thy people, and thy friends; O hear the warning urged once more: To Raghu's son the dame restore.†
Book 6
- Dire is the danger: loss of friends, Of Vánars and of bears, impends.†
Book 6
Definition:
about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared