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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.11

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: he explains that Khara, Rāvaṇa's brother, has been driving tapasvins out of Janasthāna and that the rākṣasas' harassment here has intensified since Rāma arrived

2.108.11

rāvaṇāvarajaḥ kaś cit kharo nāmeha rākṣasaḥ
utpāṭya tāpasān sarvāñ janasthānaniketanān

A certain rākṣasa here named Khara, a younger brother of Rāvaṇa, having uprooted all the ascetics who dwell in Janasthāna —

Words: rāvaṇāvarajaḥ — a younger brother of Rāvaṇa; kaś cit — a certain; kharo — Khara; nāmeha — by name, here; rākṣasaḥ — a rākṣasa; utpāṭya — having uprooted, driven out; tāpasān — the ascetics; sarvāñ — all; janasthānaniketanān — dwelling in Janasthāna

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.