Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.38

रथोत्तमैरुह्यमानाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥ प्रयाता राक्षसास्तूर्णं देवलोकं प्रयत्नतः। रक्षसामेव मार्गेण दैवतान्यपचक्रमुः॥

rathottamairuhyamānāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ|| prayātā rākṣasāstūrṇaṃ devalokaṃ prayatnataḥ| rakṣasāmeva mārgeṇa daivatānyapacakramuḥ||

English Meaning

Mounting the best of the cars, the Rakşasas by hundreds and thousands with intent mind swiftly sallied forth for the celestial regions. And the deities (aforementioned) followed the tract of the Raksasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)