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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.30

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: the assembled munis rejoice and explain that Indra's earlier visit to Śarabhaṅga and their own arrangements were intended to bring Rāma here to destroy these attackers → they say the tapasvins can now practice safely

3.29.30

etadarthaṃ mahātejā mahendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ puṇyam ājagāma puraṃdaraḥ

It was for this very purpose that the mighty Mahendra, chastiser of Pāka, the sacker of citadels, came to the holy hermitage of Śarabhaṅga.

Words: etadarthaṃ — for this purpose; mahātejā — the mighty; mahendraḥ — Mahendra; pākaśāsanaḥ — chastiser of Pāka; śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ — the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga; puṇyam — holy; ājagāma — came; puraṃdaraḥ — sacker of citadels

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.