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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.8.7
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 8: Story of the tapasvin’s sword. Sītā describes how guarding Indra’s weapon corrupted a peaceful ṛṣi and warns Rāma against violence without enmity
In the sequence: she identifies three faults arising from desire: falsehood, seeking another man's wife, and violence without enmity → she says the first two are foreign to Rāma's character, but fears that the third may follow from his promise to kill rākṣasas for the munis
3.8.7
pratijñātas tvayā vīra daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām
ṛṣīṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya vadhaḥ saṃyati rakṣasām
You have vowed, O hero, for the sake of protecting the sages who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest, the slaying of the rākṣasas in battle.
Words: pratijñātas — vowed, promised; tvayā — by you; vīra — O hero; daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām — of those dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest; ṛṣīṇāṃ — of the seers; rakṣaṇārthāya — for the sake of protection; vadhaḥ — the slaying; saṃyati — in battle; rakṣasām — of the 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.