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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: the muni assures him that their conduct is not the problem

2.108.10

tvannimittam idaṃ tāvat tāpasān prati vartate
rakṣobhyas tena saṃvignāḥ kathayanti mithaḥ kathāḥ

This much that befalls the ascetics is on your account; alarmed by the rākṣasas because of it, they talk among themselves.

Words: tvannimittam — on account of you; idaṃ — this; tāvat — indeed, so much; tāpasān prati — toward the ascetics; vartate — occurs, proceeds; rakṣobhyas — because of the rākṣasas; tena — thereby; saṃvignāḥ — agitated, alarmed; kathayanti — they talk; mithaḥ — mutually; kathāḥ — talk, conversations

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.