Chapter 3 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 3.23

न्यर्बुदं रक्षसामत्र उत्तरद्वारमाश्रितम्। रथिनश्चाश्ववाहाश्च कुलपुत्राः सुपूजिताः॥ शतशोऽथ सहस्राणि मध्यमं स्कन्धमाश्रिताः। यातुधाना दुराधर्षाः साग्रकोटिश्च रक्षसाम्॥

nyarbudaṃ rakṣasāmatra uttaradvāramāśritam| rathinaścāśvavāhāśca kulaputrāḥ supūjitāḥ|| śataśo'tha sahasrāṇi madhyamaṃ skandhamāśritāḥ| yātudhānā durādharṣāḥ sāgrakoṭiśca rakṣasām||

English Meaning

And an arbuda of Rākṣasas protect the Northern gate. And car-warriors and horsemenpersons honoured and sprung from noble linesby hundreds and thousands,tand irrepressible goblins and koțis of Rākşasas, protect the garrison.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)