Chapter 3 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 3.20

अयुतं रक्षसामत्र पूर्वद्वारं समाश्रितम्। शूलहस्ता दुराधर्षाः सर्वे खङ्गाग्रयोधिनः॥

ayutaṃ rakṣasāmatra pūrvadvāraṃ samāśritam| śūlahastā durādharṣāḥ sarve khaṅgāgrayodhinaḥ||

English Meaning

And an ayuta of Raksasas, dart-handed, hard to subdue, and all fighting at the front with their swords-protect the Eastern gate.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)