Chapter 22 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 22.14

ततस्तद् राक्षसं सैन्यं घोरचर्मायुधध्वजम्। निर्जगाम जनस्थानान्माहानादं महाजवम्॥ मुद्वरैः पट्टिशैः शूलैः सुतीक्ष्णैश्च परश्वधैः। खङ्गैश्चक्रैश्च हस्तस्थैभ्राजमानैः सतोमरैः॥ शक्तिभिः परिधैोरैरतिमात्रैश्च कार्मुकैः। गदासिमुसलैर्वज्रगृहीतैर्भीमदर्शनैः॥ राक्षसानां सुघोराणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । निर्यातानि जनस्थानात् खरचित्तानुवर्तिनाम्॥

tatastad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ ghoracarmāyudhadhvajam| nirjagāma janasthānānmāhānādaṃ mahājavam|| mudvaraiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiśca paraśvadhaiḥ| khaṅgaiścakraiśca hastasthaibhrājamānaiḥ satomaraiḥ|| śaktibhiḥ paridhaiorairatimātraiśca kārmukaiḥ| gadāsimusalairvajragṛhītairbhīmadarśanaiḥ|| rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa | niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām||

English Meaning

Then uttering tremendous roars, rushed out with great vehemence four and ten thousand of those terrible Rākşasas equipped with clubs and parțiśas and darts and sharpened axes, and scimitars and discuses, shining beautifully in their hands and saktis and dreadful parighas and innumerable bows, and maces, and musalas and vajras fearful to behold, griped fast. And those following the will of Khara issued out of Janasthāna.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)