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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.31

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

3.29.31

ānītas tvam imaṃ deśam upāyena maharṣibhiḥ
eṣāṃ vadhārthaṃ krūrāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ pāpakarmaṇām

You were brought to this region by a device of the great seers, for the slaying of these cruel rākṣasas of evil deeds.

Words: ānītas — brought; tvam — you; imaṃ — this; deśam — region; upāyena — by a device, stratagem; maharṣibhiḥ — by the great seers; eṣāṃ — of these; vadhārthaṃ — for the slaying; krūrāṇāṃ — cruel; rakṣasāṃ — of the rākṣasas; pāpakarmaṇām — of evil deeds

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.