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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.8

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

3.29.8

pravṛddhanidre śayite tvayi rākṣasapāṃsane
bhaviṣyanty aśaraṇyānāṃ śaraṇyā daṇḍakā ime

When you, disgrace of the rākṣasas, lie in deep sleep, these Daṇḍaka forests shall become a refuge for those who had none.

Words: pravṛddhanidre — in deep sleep; śayite — lying; tvayi — you; rākṣasapāṃsane — O disgrace of the rākṣasas; bhaviṣyanty — will become; aśaraṇyānāṃ — for the refugeless; śaraṇyā — a refuge; daṇḍakā — the Daṇḍaka forests; ime — these

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.