Chapter 31 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 31.18

येन येन च गच्छन्ति राक्षसा भयकर्षिताः॥ तेन तेन स्म पश्यन्ति राममेवाग्रतः स्थितम्। इत्थं विनाशितं तेन जनस्थानं तवानघ ॥

yena yena ca gacchanti rākṣasā bhayakarṣitāḥ|| tena tena sma paśyanti rāmamevāgrataḥ sthitam| itthaṃ vināśitaṃ tena janasthānaṃ tavānagha ||

English Meaning

Wherever oppressed with fear the Rākṣasas go, they see Rāma stationed before them. In this way, O sinless one, has Janasthāna been exterminated by him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)