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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.22.8

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet. She invokes protection, consecrates an herbal amulet and completes the svastyayana before embracing Rāma

In the sequence: she asks that his own memory, resolve, and righteousness guard him, and that insects, snakes, wild animals, and dangerous beings leave him unharmed

2.22.8

nṛmāṃsabhojanā raudrā ye cānye sattvajātayaḥ
mā ca tvāṃ hiṃsiṣuḥ putra mayā saṃpūjitās tv iha

And the fierce eaters of human flesh, and whatever other kinds of creatures there are—may they not injure you, my son, now that they have been duly worshipped by me here.

Words: nṛmāṃsabhojanā — the eaters of human flesh; raudrā — fierce; ye cānye — and whatever others; sattvajātayaḥ — kinds of creatures; mā ca — and may not; tvāṃ — you; hiṃsiṣuḥ — may they injure; putra — O son; mayā — by me; saṃpūjitās — worshipped, honored; tv iha — here indeed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.