Chapter 22 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 22.8

चतुर्दश सहस्राणि मम चित्तानुवर्तिनाम्। रक्षसां भीमवेगानां समरेष्वनिवर्तिनाम्॥ नीलजीमूतवर्णानां लोकहिंसाविहारिणाम्। सर्वोद्योगमुदीर्णानां रक्षसां सौम्य कारय॥

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām| rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣvanivartinām|| nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ lokahiṃsāvihāriṇām| sarvodyogamudīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya||

English Meaning

Do you, O gentle one, array fourteen thousand of those those Rākṣasas, gifted with furious vehemence, ever following my wish, who never turn away froin the field; who are hued like to purple clouds, who revel in cruelty*, and who are elated (in consequence of their prowess). *The North-West Province's text has some additional sloka:-Dreadful, wearing forms at will, possessing the pride of the lion, having large mouth, high-souled, revelling in cruelty, endued with strength, of fierce energy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)