Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.9

दश राक्षसकोट्यश्च द्वाविंशतिरथापराः। वर्जयित्वा जनान्वृद्धान् बालांश्च रजनीचरान्॥ तेषां प्रभुरहं सीते सर्वेषां भीमकर्मणाम्। सहस्रमेकमेकस्य मम कार्यपुरःसरम्॥

daśa rākṣasakoṭyaśca dvāviṃśatirathāparāḥ| varjayitvā janānvṛddhān bālāṃśca rajanīcarān|| teṣāṃ prabhurahaṃ sīte sarveṣāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām| sahasramekamekasya mama kāryapuraḥsaram||

English Meaning

O Sītā, leaving out old men and boys, I am the lord of thirty two crore of night-rangers of terrible deeds. And a thousand come forward whenever required for any service.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)