Chapter 15 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 15.9

क्व च यक्षार्जवं युद्धं क्व च मायाबलाश्रयम्। रक्षसां पुरुषव्याघ्र तेन तेऽभ्यधिका युधि॥

kva ca yakṣārjavaṃ yuddhaṃ kva ca māyābalāśrayam| rakṣasāṃ puruṣavyāghra tena te'bhyadhikā yudhi||

English Meaning

Where is the candid-coursing fight of the Yakşas and where the fight of the Rākşas by help of the power of illusion; and therefore in that battle the advantage was on the side of the Raksasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)