Chapter 33 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 33.12

चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम्। हतान्येकेन रामेण खरश्च सहदूषणः॥ ऋषीणामभयं दत्तं कृतक्षेमाश्च दण्डकाः। धर्षितं च जनस्थानं रामेणाक्लिष्टकारिणा॥

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām| hatānyekena rāmeṇa kharaśca sahadūṣaṇaḥ|| ṛṣīṇāmabhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāśca daṇḍakāḥ| dharṣitaṃ ca janasthānaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakāriṇā||

English Meaning

Fourteen thousands of Raksasas of dreadful deeds, with Khara and Dūşana, have all been slain by Rāma single-handed; Rāma of untiring energy has inspired the saints with courage; the Dandakas have been benefited; and Janasthāna had been harassed.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)