Chapter 31 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 31.20

नखदंष्ट्रायुधाः सर्वे वीरा विकृतदर्शनाः। सर्वे शार्दूलदंष्ट्राश्च सर्वे विवृतदर्शनाः॥ दशनागबलाः केचित् केचिद् दशगुणोचराः। केचिनागसहस्रस्य बभूवुस्तुल्यवर्चसः॥

nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ sarve vīrā vikṛtadarśanāḥ| sarve śārdūladaṃṣṭrāśca sarve vivṛtadarśanāḥ|| daśanāgabalāḥ kecit kecid daśaguṇocarāḥ| kecināgasahasrasya babhūvustulyavarcasaḥ||

English Meaning

Some of them had sharpened teeth and nails, some were grim-visaged, some had teeth like those of tigers, some had the strength of ten elephants, some had the strength of hundred elephants and some had that of thousand elephants.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)