Chapter 26 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 26.1

दूषणस्तु स्वकं सैन्यं हन्यमानं विलोक्य च। संदिदेश महाबाहुर्भीमवेगान् दुरासदान्॥ राक्षसान् पञ्चसाहस्रान् समरेष्वनिवर्तिनः।

dūṣaṇastu svakaṃ sainyaṃ hanyamānaṃ vilokya ca| saṃdideśa mahābāhurbhīmavegān durāsadān|| rākṣasān pañcasāhasrān samareṣvanivartinaḥ|

English Meaning

Finding his own forces slaughtered, the mighty-armed Düşaņa speedily ordered five thousand Rākşasas, gifted with tremendous velocity, difficult of being approached, who never turned from the field.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)