स तेषां प्रतिशुश्राव राक्षसानां तदा वने॥ प्रतिज्ञातश्च रामेण वधः संयति राक्षसाम्। ऋषीणामग्निकल्पानां दण्डकारण्यवासिनाम्॥
sa teṣāṃ pratiśuśrāva rākṣasānāṃ tadā vane|| pratijñātaśca rāmeṇa vadhaḥ saṃyati rākṣasām| ṛṣīṇāmagnikalpānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām||
English Meaning
Thereupon in the presence of those ascetics like the flaming fire, inhabiting the Daņdaka forest, he promised to slay those Räkşasas in battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)