Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.18

नानाप्रहरणाः क्षिप्रमितो गच्छत सत्वराः। जनस्थानं हतस्थानं भूतं पूर्वं खरालयम्॥ तत्रास्यतां जनस्थाने शून्ये निहतराक्षसे। पौरुषं बलमाश्रित्य त्रासमुत्सृज्य दूरतः॥

nānāpraharaṇāḥ kṣipramito gacchata satvarāḥ| janasthānaṃ hatasthānaṃ bhūtaṃ pūrvaṃ kharālayam|| tatrāsyatāṃ janasthāne śūnye nihatarākṣase| pauruṣaṃ balamāśritya trāsamutsṛjya dūrataḥ||

English Meaning

Equipped with various weapons, do you speedily take yourself to Janasthāna-that field of carnage-which ere this contained the abode of Khara; and casting off fear at a distance, do you sojourn in vacant Janasthāna with all its Raksasas slain (by Rama).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)