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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.31.12
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
3.31.12
ṛṣīṇām abhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāś ca daṇḍakāḥ
dharṣitaṃ ca janasthānaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
Safety was granted to the sages, the Daṇḍaka regions were made secure, and Janasthāna was assailed by Rāma of untiring deeds.
Words: ṛṣīṇām — to the sages; abhayaṃ — safety, freedom from fear; dattaṃ — given, granted; kṛtakṣemāś — made secure; ca — and; daṇḍakāḥ — the Daṇḍaka (forests); dharṣitaṃ — assailed, violated; ca — and; janasthānaṃ — Janasthāna; rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā — by Rāma of untiring deeds
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.