Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Agastya Requests Rāma to Protect the Sages
Text 3.12.71
स त्वं मन्युपरावृत्तैः पितृभिः संनिराकृतम्।
तारय त्वं महाबाहो दण्डकारण्यमद्य वै॥
sa tvaṁ manyu-parāvṛttaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ sannirākṛtam
tāraya tvaṁ mahā-bāho daṇḍakāraṇyam adya vai
saḥ = are the one [who can do it]; tvam = You; manyu-parāvṛttaiḥ = who had turned away because of anger; pitṛbhiḥ = by forefathers; sannirākṛtam = has been devastated; tāraya tvam = deliver it; mahā-bāho = O mighty-armed; daṇḍaka-araṇyam = Daṇḍakāraṇya; adya vai = today.
O mighty-armed, Daṇḍakāraṇya has been devastated by forefathers who had turned away because of anger. Deliver it today! You are the one [who can do it].