Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.12

दिशमास्थाय कैकेयि दक्षिणां दण्डकान् प्रति। वैजयन्तमिति ख्यातं पुरं यत्र तिमिध्वजः॥ स शम्बर इति ख्यातः शतमायो महासुरः। ददौ शक्रस्य संग्राम देवसङ्घरनिन्दितः॥

diśamāsthāya kaikeyi dakṣiṇāṃ daṇḍakān prati| vaijayantamiti khyātaṃ puraṃ yatra timidhvajaḥ|| sa śambara iti khyātaḥ śatamāyo mahāsuraḥ| dadau śakrasya saṃgrāma devasaṅgharaninditaḥ||

English Meaning

O Kaikeyī, ir Dandaka, situated towards the south, there is the city known by the name of Vaijayanta, where dwelt Timidhvaja, otherwise called Samvara, possessed of an hundred conjurations, and a mighty Asura. That unreproved gave battle Sakra one to accompanied by the celestials.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)