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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow. He shatters Khara’s thrown tree, kills him and hears the ṛṣis’ plan, Sītā returns to embrace him

In the sequence: he predicts Khara's death and the freedom it will bring to munis who have lived in fear of Janasthāna

3.29.10

adya viprasariṣyanti rākṣasyo hatabāndhavāḥ
bāṣpārdravadanā dīnā bhayād anyabhayāvahāḥ

Today the rākṣasa women, their kinsmen slain, faces wet with tears and wretched — they who once brought terror to others — shall flee in fear.

Words: adya — today; viprasariṣyanti — will scatter, flee; rākṣasyo — the rākṣasa women; hatabāndhavāḥ — their kinsmen slain; bāṣpārdravadanā — faces wet with tears; dīnā — wretched; bhayād — out of fear; anyabhayāvahāḥ — who brought fear to others

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.