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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.26

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Kabandha’s directions to Pampā. He describes food and cool water, Śabarī’s hermitage and unfading flowers, then Sugrīva’s refuge on Ṛṣyamūka

In the sequence: he describes its protective marvels, the fulfillment of auspicious dreams there, and danger to wicked visitors

3.69.26

na tv enaṃ viṣamācāraḥ pāpakarmādhirohati
tatraiva praharanty enaṃ suptam ādāya rākṣasāḥ

But no man of crooked conduct and evil deeds climbs it; the rākṣasas, seizing him as he sleeps, strike him down right there.

Words: na — not; tv — but; enaṃ — it; viṣamācāraḥ — of crooked conduct; pāpakarmādhirohati — the evil-doer climbs; tatraiva — right there; praharanty — strike, smite; enaṃ — him; suptam — asleep; ādāya — having seized; rākṣasāḥ — rākṣasas

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.