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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.34.4

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

3.34.4

vasanti manniyogena adhivāsaṃ ca rākṣasaḥ
bādhamānā mahāraṇye munīn ye dharmacāriṇaḥ

By my command those rākṣasas dwell there, holding their abode in the great forest and harassing the sages who walk in the way of dharma.

Words: vasanti — they dwell; manniyogena — by my command; adhivāsaṃ ca — and (their) abode; rākṣasaḥ — the rākṣasa(s); bādhamānā — harassing, tormenting; mahāraṇye — in the great forest; munīn — the sages; ye — who; dharmacāriṇaḥ — practisers of dharma

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.