Chapter 28 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 28.21

इमां महाराज समीक्ष्य वाहिनी मुपस्थितां प्रज्वलितग्रहोपमाम्। ततः प्रयत्नः परमो विधीयतां यथा जयः स्यान्न परैः पराभवः॥

imāṃ mahārāja samīkṣya vāhinī mupasthitāṃ prajvalitagrahopamām| tataḥ prayatnaḥ paramo vidhīyatāṃ yathā jayaḥ syānna paraiḥ parābhavaḥ||

English Meaning

Observing this host, that has presented itself, resembling a flaming planet, do you, O might monarch, prepare yourself to the uttermost, so that victory may be your, and that you may not come by discomfiture at the hands of the foe.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)