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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.17

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā. He identifies the cry as deception, but her accusations overcome his resolve to stay and he departs toward Rāma

In the sequence: he reminds her that Rāma entrusted her to him and that their destruction of Khara has made them enemies among the rākṣasas

3.43.17

kṛtavairāś ca kalyāṇi vayam etair niśācaraiḥ
kharasya nidhane devi janasthānavadhaṃ prati

And, O blessed one, we have made enemies of these night-roamers, O lady, over the slaying of Khara and the destruction at Janasthāna.

Words: kṛtavairāś — having made enmity; ca — and; kalyāṇi — O blessed one; vayam — we; etair — with these; niśācaraiḥ — night-roamers; kharasya — of Khara; nidhane — in the slaying; devi — O lady; janasthānavadhaṃ — the destruction at Janasthāna; prati — concerning

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.