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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.31.11
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 31: Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa. She exposes his ignorance of Janasthāna’s destruction and warns that pleasure, failed intelligence and neglect will cost him his Kingdom
In the sequence: she points to his ignorance of Janasthāna's destruction: Rāma alone has killed fourteen thousand rākṣasas, including Khara and Dūṣaṇa, and made Daṇḍaka safe for the munis
3.31.11
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām
hatāny ekena rāmeṇa kharaś ca sahadūṣaṇaḥ
Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of terrible deeds were slain by Rāma alone, and Khara too, together with Dūṣaṇa.
Words: caturdaśa — fourteen; sahasrāṇi — thousands; rakṣasāṃ — of rākṣasas; bhīmakarmaṇām — of terrible deeds; hatāny — slain; ekena — by one, alone; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; kharaś ca — and Khara; sahadūṣaṇaḥ — together with Dūṣaṇa
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.