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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.12
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
2.108.12
dhṛṣṭaś ca jitakāśī ca nṛśaṃsaḥ puruṣādakaḥ
avaliptaś ca pāpaś ca tvāṃ ca tāta na mṛṣyate
— insolent and flaunting his conquests, cruel, a man-eater, arrogant and wicked, he cannot endure even you, my son.
Words: dhṛṣṭaś ca — and insolent; jitakāśī ca — and flaunting his conquests; nṛśaṃsaḥ — cruel; puruṣādakaḥ — a man-eater; avaliptaś ca — and arrogant, haughty; pāpaś ca — and wicked; tvāṃ ca — and you; tāta — my son; na mṛṣyate — does not tolerate
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.