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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.34.2
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan. Mārīca must become a golden deer to lure the brothers away, leaving Sītā unguarded and Rāma vulnerable to grief
In the sequence: he describes the Janasthāna force, admitting that it lived there under his orders and harassed the munis
3.34.2
jānīṣe tvaṃ janasthānaṃ bhrātā yatra kharo mama
dūṣaṇaś ca mahābāhuḥ svasā śūrpaṇakhā ca me
You know Janasthāna, where my brother Khara lived, and mighty-armed Dūṣaṇa, and my sister Śūrpaṇakhā,
Words: jānīṣe — you know; tvaṃ — you; janasthānaṃ — Janasthāna; bhrātā — brother; yatra — where; kharo — Khara; mama — my; dūṣaṇaś ca — and Dūṣaṇa; mahābāhuḥ — mighty-armed; svasā — sister; śūrpaṇakhā ca — and Śūrpaṇakhā; me — my
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.