Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.22

तेषामशीतिसाहस्रं किंकराणां तरस्विनाम्। निर्ययुर्भवनात्तस्मात्कूटमुद्गरपाणयः॥

teṣāmaśītisāhasraṃ kiṃkarāṇāṃ tarasvinām| niryayurbhavanāttasmātkūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ||

English Meaning

And from that mansion speedily issued eighty thousand of those retainers, carrying in their hands maces and mallets. (Kūța-hammer. The commentator, however, says that it means a weapon resembling a hammer.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)