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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.21

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

3.52.21

balaṃ hi sumahad yan me janasthāne niveśitam
sadūṣaṇakharaṃ yuddhe hataṃ tad rāmasāyakaiḥ

'For that great force of mine which was stationed in Janasthāna, together with Dūṣaṇa and Khara, was slain in battle by Rāma's arrows.'

Words: balaṃ — force; hi — for; sumahad — very great; yan — which; me — my; janasthāne — in Janasthāna; niveśitam — stationed; sadūṣaṇakharaṃ — together with Dūṣaṇa and Khara; yuddhe — in battle; hataṃ — was slain; tad — that; rāmasāyakaiḥ — by Rāma's arrows

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.