Chapter 3 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 3.21

नियुतं रक्षसामत्र दक्षिणद्वारमाश्रितम्। चतुरङ्गेण सैन्येन योधास्तत्राप्यनुत्तमाः॥

niyutaṃ rakṣasāmatra dakṣiṇadvāramāśritam| caturaṅgeṇa sainyena yodhāstatrāpyanuttamāḥ||

English Meaning

And a lac of Rākşasas with a fourfold force, and with the flower of the soldiery-protect the Southern gate.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)