Chapter 4 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 4.13

तीक्ष्णशूलधरांश्चैव वज्रिणश्च महाबलान्। शतसाहस्रमव्यग्रमारक्षं मध्यमं कपिः॥ रक्षोऽधिपतिनिर्दिष्टं ददर्शान्तःपुराग्रतः।

tīkṣṇaśūladharāṃścaiva vajriṇaśca mahābalān| śatasāhasramavyagramārakṣaṃ madhyamaṃ kapiḥ|| rakṣo'dhipatinirdiṣṭaṃ dadarśāntaḥpurāgrataḥ|

English Meaning

And those holding sharpened javelins; and mighty ones bearing Vajras; and hundreds and thousands of warriors garrisoned in the central courtyard and engaged in vigilantly guarding the central courtyard and engaged in vigilantly guarding the interior, having been directed by the lord of the Raksas, saw the monkey.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)