Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 39: Mārīca Describes his Second Encounter with Lord Rāma
Text 3.39.4
अग्निहोत्रेषु तीर्थेषु चैत्यवृक्षेषु रावण।
अत्यन्तघोरो व्यचरं तापसान्सम्प्रधर्षयन्॥
agnihotreṣu tīrtheṣu caitya-vṛkṣeṣu rāvaṇa
atyanta-ghoro vyacaraṁ tāpasān sampradharṣayan
agnihotreṣu = by the sacred fires; tīrtheṣu = holy spots; caitya-vṛkṣeṣu = and bimba trees; rāvaṇa = Rāvaṇa; atyanta-ghoraḥ = I was extremely terrible; vyacaram = I wandered about; tāpasān = the ascetics; sampradharṣayan = assailing.
Rāvaṇa, I was extremely terrible. I wandered about assailing the ascetics by the sacred fires, holy spots and bimba trees.1
1 Bimba is a synonym of caitya according to Vācaspatyam. According to Monier-Williams, bimba is “the fruit of the Momordica Monadelpha.”