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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.40

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: he offers to serve them in the forest and bring them home when the exile ends

2.46.40

bhaviṣyanti vane yāni tapovighnakarāṇi te
rathena pratibādhiṣye tāni sattvāni rāghava

'Whatever creatures there will be in the forest that hinder your austerities, those, O Rāghava, I shall drive off with the chariot.'

Words: bhaviṣyanti — there will be; vane — in the forest; yāni — which; tapovighnakarāṇi — causing obstacles to austerity; te — your; rathena — with the chariot; pratibādhiṣye — I shall ward off, drive back; tāni sattvāni — those creatures; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.