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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.19

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 community plans to move to an ancient hermitage in a nearby forest rich in roots and fruit before further bodily harm is done → the elder advises Rāma to leave too, especially because Sītā is with him

2.108.19

tat purā rāma śārīrām upahiṃsāṃ tapasviṣu
darśayati hi duṣṭās te tyakṣyāma imam āśramam

Therefore, Rāma, before those wicked ones inflict bodily injury upon the ascetics, we shall abandon this hermitage.

Words: tat — therefore; purā — before (they do); rāma — O Rāma; śārīrām — bodily; upahiṃsāṃ — injury, harm; tapasviṣu — upon the ascetics; darśayati hi — indeed inflict, display; duṣṭās te — those wicked ones; tyakṣyāma — we shall abandon; imam āśramam — this hermitage

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.