Chapter 36 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 36.17

व्यादिदेश च पूर्वस्यां प्रहस्तं द्वारि राक्षसम्। दक्षिणस्यां महावीयौँ महापार्श्वमहोदरौ॥ पश्चिमायामथ द्वारि पुत्रमिन्द्रजितं तदा। व्यादिदेश महामायं राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतम्॥

vyādideśa ca pūrvasyāṃ prahastaṃ dvāri rākṣasam| dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahāvīyau~ mahāpārśvamahodarau|| paścimāyāmatha dvāri putramindrajitaṃ tadā| vyādideśa mahāmāyaṃ rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtam||

English Meaning

He commanded the Raksasa Prahasta (to guard) the Eastern gate; and the exceedingly powerful Mahaparsva and Mahodara (to guard) the Southern gate; and he ordered his son Indrajit, possessing mighty powers of illusion, girt by innumerable Räkșasas, to guard the Western gate.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)