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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.9

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma kills the fourteen. He offers withdrawal, cuts down their fourteen spears with one volley and kills them with fourteen further arrows

In the sequence: he strings his bow, identifies the travelers, and asks why the rākṣasas wish to harm them → he declares his commitment to stop attacks on the munis but gives these attackers the chance to withdraw

3.19.9

yuṣmān pāpātmakān hantuṃ viprakārān mahāvane
ṛṣīṇāṃ tu niyogena prāpto 'haṃ saśarāsanaḥ

By the command of the seers I have come, bow in hand, to slay you evil-souled doers of outrage in the great forest.

Words: yuṣmān — you (pl.); pāpātmakān — evil-souled; hantuṃ — to slay; viprakārān — doers of outrage, wrong-doers; mahāvane — in the great forest; ṛṣīṇāṃ — of the seers; tu — indeed; niyogena — by command; prāpto 'haṃ — I have come; saśarāsanaḥ — with a bow

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.