Chapter 116 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 116.13

तेषु तेष्वाश्रमस्थानेष्वबुद्धमवलीय च। रमन्ते तापसांस्तत्र नाशयन्तोऽल्पचेतसः॥

teṣu teṣvāśramasthāneṣvabuddhamavalīya ca| ramante tāpasāṃstatra nāśayanto'lpacetasaḥ||

English Meaning

And they take delight in approaching asylums unperceived, and slaughtering ascetics, after having bound them by means of their arms.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)