Chapter 24 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 24.16

गन्धहस्तीव दुर्धर्षस्तरस्वी गन्धमादनः। तिष्ठेद्वानरवाहिन्याः सव्यं पक्षमधिष्ठितः॥

gandhahastīva durdharṣastarasvī gandhamādanaḥ| tiṣṭhedvānaravāhinyāḥ savyaṃ pakṣamadhiṣṭhitaḥ||

English Meaning

Let the active and irrepressible Gandhamādana, resembling an elephant fragrant with the temporal exudation, stay, occupying the left of the forces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)