Chapter 24 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 24.22

भ्रातुरैश्वर्ययुक्तस्य खरस्य वस पार्श्वतः। चतुर्दशानां भ्राता ते सहस्राणां भविष्यति॥ प्रभुः प्रयाणे दाने च राक्षसानां महाबलः। तत्र मातृष्वसेयस्ते भ्रातायं वै खरः प्रभुः॥ भविष्यति तवादेशं सदा कुर्वनिशाचरः।

bhrāturaiśvaryayuktasya kharasya vasa pārśvataḥ| caturdaśānāṃ bhrātā te sahasrāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati|| prabhuḥ prayāṇe dāne ca rākṣasānāṃ mahābalaḥ| tatra mātṛṣvaseyaste bhrātāyaṃ vai kharaḥ prabhuḥ|| bhaviṣyati tavādeśaṃ sadā kurvaniśācaraḥ|

English Meaning

Do you ever reside by the side of your rich brother Khara he shall be the lord of fourteen thousand Räkşasas. That highly powerful one shall give food and clothes to all those Rākşasas. He is your cousin and that night-ranger shall always carry out your orders.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)