Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 119: Rāma Departs to Daṇḍakāraṇya
Text 2.119.18
rakṣāṁsi puruṣādāni nānā-rūpāṇi rāghava
vasanty asmin mahāraṇye vyālāś ca rudhirāśanāḥ
rakṣāṁsi = rākṣasas; puruṣādāni = man-eating; nānā-rūpāṇi = in various forms; rāghava = O descendant of Raghu; vasanti = live; asmin = in this; mahāraṇye = great forest; vyālāḥ = wild beasts 3; ca = and; rudhira-aśanāḥ = blood-drinking.
[They said:] O descendant of Raghu, man-eating rākṣasas in various forms and blood-drinking wild beasts live in this great forest.