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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.19

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sītā drops her ornaments. She drops her silk and ornaments among five monkeys, Rāvaṇa confines her in Laṅkā and sends agents to Janasthāna

In the sequence: he sends them to occupy the devastated Janasthāna, where Khara's force was destroyed

3.52.19

nānāpraharaṇāḥ kṣipram ito gacchata satvarāḥ
janasthānaṃ hatasthānaṃ bhūtapūrvaṃ kharālayam

'Armed with various weapons, go swiftly and in haste from here to Janasthāna, the ruined place, formerly the abode of Khara.'

Words: nānāpraharaṇāḥ — armed with various weapons; kṣipram — swiftly; ito — from here; gacchata — go; satvarāḥ — in haste; janasthānaṃ — to Janasthāna; hatasthānaṃ — the ruined place; bhūtapūrvaṃ — formerly, once; kharālayam — the abode of Khara

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.