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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.13

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

2.108.13

tvaṃ yadā prabhṛti hy asminn āśrame tāta vartase
tadā prabhṛti rakṣāṃsi viprakurvanti tāpasān

For from the very time, my son, that you have dwelt in this hermitage, from that time on the rākṣasas have been harassing the ascetics.

Words: tvaṃ — you; yadā prabhṛti — from the time when; hy — indeed; asminn — in this; āśrame — hermitage; tāta — my son; vartase — you dwell; tadā prabhṛti — from that time on; rakṣāṃsi — the rākṣasas; viprakurvanti — harass, molest; tāpasān — the ascetics

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.