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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.11

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

3.29.11

adya śokarasajñās tā bhaviṣyanti niśācara
anurūpakulāḥ patnyo yāsāṃ tvaṃ patir īdṛśaḥ

Today, O night-roamer, those wives of befitting family, whose husband is one such as you, shall come to know the taste of grief.

Words: adya — today; śokarasajñās — knowing the taste of grief; tā — those; bhaviṣyanti — will become; niśācara — O night-roamer; anurūpakulāḥ — of befitting family; patnyo — wives; yāsāṃ — of whom; tvaṃ — you; patir — husband; īdṛśaḥ — such (as this)

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.