Chapter 128 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 128

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 128.34

स पुरोगामिभिस्तूर्यैस्तालस्वस्तिकपाणिभिः। प्रव्याहरद्भिर्मुदितैर्मङ्गलानि वृतो ययौ॥

sa purogāmibhistūryaistālasvastikapāṇibhiḥ| pravyāharadbhirmuditairmaṅgalāni vṛto yayau||

English Meaning

He went preceded by men who play on stringed instruments, by people with Karatal and Sustika in their hands and by men chanting delightedly auspicious songs.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)