Chapter 5 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 5.9

इमे च पुरुषव्याघ्र ये तिष्ठन्त्यभितो दिशम्। शतं शतं कुण्डलिनो युवानः खङ्गपाणयः॥ विस्तीर्णविपुलोरस्काः परिघायतबाहवः।। शोणांशुवसनाः सर्वे व्याघ्रा इव दुरासदाः॥

ime ca puruṣavyāghra ye tiṣṭhantyabhito diśam| śataṃ śataṃ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ khaṅgapāṇayaḥ|| vistīrṇavipuloraskāḥ parighāyatabāhavaḥ|| śoṇāṃśuvasanāḥ sarve vyāghrā iva durāsadāḥ||

English Meaning

And, you foremost of men, these youths envisioning (the celestial) by hundreds, wearing earrings, and bearing swords in their hands, are broad of chest, have arms resembling bludgeons in size, and are clad in crimson vesture, like to tigers incapable of being approached.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)