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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.23

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: Virādha’s attack. The weapon-bearing man-eater seizes Sītā and claims her as his wife, Lakṣmaṇa steadies Rāma and vows to kill him

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa urges him not to despair while he is there to help → he vows to kill Virādha and says he will release against him the anger he formerly felt toward Bharata.

3.2.23

rājyakāme mama krodho bharate yo babhūva ha
taṃ virādhe vimokṣyāmi vajrī vajram ivācale

The anger that arose in me against Bharata, who coveted the kingdom, that I shall now release upon Virādha, as the wielder of the thunderbolt hurls it at a mountain.

Words: rājyakāme — against the coveter of the kingdom; mama — my; krodho — anger; bharate — against Bharata; yo — which; babhūva — arose, was; ha — indeed; taṃ — that; virādhe — upon Virādha; vimokṣyāmi — I shall release, let loose; vajrī — the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra); vajram — the thunderbolt; ivācale — as at a mountain

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.