Chapter 28 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 28.20

महाशङ्कुसहस्रेण तथा वृन्दशतेन च॥ महावृन्दसहस्रेण तथा पद्मशतेन च। महापद्मसहस्रेण तथा खर्वशतेन च ॥ समुद्रेण च तेनैव महौधेन तथैव च। एष कोटिमहौघेन समुद्रसदृशेन च॥ विभीषणेन वीरेण सचिवैः परिवारितः। सुग्रीवो वानरेन्द्रस्त्वां युद्धार्थमनुवर्तते।। महाबलवृतो नित्यं महाबलपराक्रमः॥

mahāśaṅkusahasreṇa tathā vṛndaśatena ca|| mahāvṛndasahasreṇa tathā padmaśatena ca| mahāpadmasahasreṇa tathā kharvaśatena ca || samudreṇa ca tenaiva mahaudhena tathaiva ca| eṣa koṭimahaughena samudrasadṛśena ca|| vibhīṣaṇena vīreṇa sacivaiḥ parivāritaḥ| sugrīvo vānarendrastvāṃ yuddhārthamanuvartate|| mahābalavṛto nityaṃ mahābalaparākramaḥ||

English Meaning

Thus backed by a thousand koțſ, and an hundred Sanku, and a thousand Mahāśanku, and an hundred Vrinda, and a thousand Mahāvrinda, and an an hundred Padma, and a thousand Mahāpadma and an hundred kharva, and an equal Samudra and an equal Mahaugha, by koțis of Mahaughas-resembling the sea, and surrounded by the heroic Vibhīşana as well as his counsellors, that Lord of monkeys, always engirt by a mighty force, and possessed of exceeding strength and prowess, will encounter you in battle.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)