अथ पूर्व श्रुतार्थेन निर्जितं सुमहद्बलम्। निष्क्रामत्तन्नरेन्द्रस्य बलं रक्षोवधोद्यतम्॥ नागानां दशसाहस्रं वाजिनां नियुतं तथा। रथानां बहुसाहस्रं पत्तीनां च नरोत्तम॥ महीं संछाद्य निष्क्रान्तं सपदातिरथं रणे।
atha pūrva śrutārthena nirjitaṃ sumahadbalam| niṣkrāmattannarendrasya balaṃ rakṣovadhodyatam|| nāgānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ vājināṃ niyutaṃ tathā| rathānāṃ bahusāhasraṃ pattīnāṃ ca narottama|| mahīṃ saṃchādya niṣkrāntaṃ sapadātirathaṃ raṇe|
English Meaning
When he had heard everything (regarding Răvaņa), the forces of that foremost of kings that had been intended for conquering (Ravana), sallied forth ready for bringing about the destruction of the of the Raksasa, ten-thousand elephants, a niyuta horse, and many thousands of cars and infantry, O best of men; and, that host consisting of infantry and cars, marched for encounter, covering up the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)