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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.12

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

3.29.12

nṛśaṃsaśīla kṣudrātman nityaṃ brāhmaṇakaṇṭaka
tvatkṛte śaṅkitair agnau munibhiḥ pātyate haviḥ

O cruel-natured, mean-souled one, ever a thorn in the brahmins' side — because of you the sages, in dread, cast their oblation into the fire.

Words: nṛśaṃsaśīla — O cruel-natured one; kṣudrātman — O mean-souled one; nityaṃ — ever, always; brāhmaṇakaṇṭaka — O thorn to the brahmins; tvatkṛte — on your account; śaṅkitair — by the fearful, apprehensive; agnau — into the fire; munibhiḥ — by the sages; pātyate — is cast, made to fall; haviḥ — the oblation

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.