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)