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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.9

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

3.29.9

janasthāne hatasthāne tava rākṣasamaccharaiḥ
nirbhayā vicariṣyanti sarvato munayo vane

With your seat at Janasthāna destroyed by my arrows, O rākṣasa, the sages will roam everywhere in the forest without fear.

Words: janasthāne — at Janasthāna; hatasthāne — its station destroyed; tava — your; rākṣasamaccharaiḥ — O rākṣasa, by my arrows; nirbhayā — fearless; vicariṣyanti — will roam; sarvato — everywhere; munayo — the sages; vane — in the forest

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.