Chapter 26 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 26.17

यस्त्वेष सिंहसंकाशः कपिलो दीर्घकेसरः। निभृतः प्रेक्षते लङ्कां दिधक्षत्रिव चक्षुषा ॥ विन्ध्यं कृष्णगिरि सह्यं पर्वतं च सुदर्शनम्। राजन्सततमध्यास्ते स रम्भो नाम यूथपः।। शतं शतसहस्राणां त्रिंशच्च हरिपुंगवाः॥ यं यान्तं वानरा घोराश्चण्डाश्चण्डपराक्रमाः। परिवार्यानुगच्छन्ति लङ्कां मर्दितुमोजसा ॥

yastveṣa siṃhasaṃkāśaḥ kapilo dīrghakesaraḥ| nibhṛtaḥ prekṣate laṅkāṃ didhakṣatriva cakṣuṣā || vindhyaṃ kṛṣṇagiri sahyaṃ parvataṃ ca sudarśanam| rājansatatamadhyāste sa rambho nāma yūthapaḥ|| śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ triṃśacca haripuṃgavāḥ|| yaṃ yāntaṃ vānarā ghorāścaṇḍāścaṇḍaparākramāḥ| parivāryānugacchanti laṅkāṃ marditumojasā ||

English Meaning

And this one, resembling a lion, tawny and furnished with a long mane, who, remaining apart, view all Lankā as if consuming her with his eyes, dwell for ever and a day in Vindhya, the mountain Krisha, Sahya, and the mount Sudarcana, and a leader of bands, is named Rambha. Three hundred Koțis of the foremost of monkeys, dreadful and fierce and possessed of terrific prowess, surrounding (him) go in his wake for the purpose of demolishing Lankā by their (native) might.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)