Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.48

आसाद्य कवचं दिव्यं सहस्रार्कसमद्युति। आबध्य शरसंपूर्णे इषुधी विमले तदा॥ श्रोणिसूत्रं च खङ्गं च विमलं कमलेक्षणः। शङ्खचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गखङ्गांश्चैव वरायुधान्॥ संपूर्ण गिरिसंकाशं वैनतेयमथास्थितः। राक्षसानामभावाय ययौ तूर्णतरं प्रभुः॥

āsādya kavacaṃ divyaṃ sahasrārkasamadyuti| ābadhya śarasaṃpūrṇe iṣudhī vimale tadā|| śroṇisūtraṃ ca khaṅgaṃ ca vimalaṃ kamalekṣaṇaḥ| śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgakhaṅgāṃścaiva varāyudhān|| saṃpūrṇa girisaṃkāśaṃ vainateyamathāsthitaḥ| rākṣasānāmabhāvāya yayau tūrṇataraṃ prabhuḥ||

English Meaning

And donning on his mail furnished with the effulgence of a thousand suns, fastening his spotless quivers filled with shafts, being engirt with his waist-band and bright falchion, and equipped with his conch, discus, mace, Sariga,* sword, and other superior weapons, that lotuseyed lord, seated on Vinata's offspring like a very mountain, set out speedily for compassing the destruction of the Raksasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)