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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.18
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 111: Departure from Atri’s hermitage. Sītā wears Anasūyā’s gifts, Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa receive warnings of rākṣasas and take the forest path
In the sequence: the tapasvins warn them that rākṣasas infest the forest ahead and show them the path used for gathering fruit → after receiving blessings, Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa enter the forest, bringing Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa to its close.
2.111.18
tāv ūcus te vanacarās tāpasā dharmacāriṇaḥ
vanasya tasya saṃcāraṃ rākṣasaiḥ samabhiplutam
To those two, those forest-dwelling ascetics, followers of dharma, told of that forest's tract, overrun with rākṣasas.
Words: tāv — to those two; ūcus — spoke, told; te — they; vanacarās — forest-ranging; tāpasā — ascetics; dharmacāriṇaḥ — followers of dharma; vanasya tasya — of that forest; saṃcāraṃ — the tract, the passage; rākṣasaiḥ — by rākṣasas; samabhiplutam — overrun, infested
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.