Chapter 42 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 42.14

ते ताम्रवक्त्रा हेमाभा रामार्थे त्यक्तजीविताः। लङ्कामेवाभ्यवर्तन्त सालभूधरयोधिनः॥

te tāmravaktrā hemābhā rāmārthe tyaktajīvitāḥ| laṅkāmevābhyavartanta sālabhūdharayodhinaḥ||

English Meaning

Those copper-faced once of golden sheen, who had consecrated their lives to the service of Rāma, equipped with trees and rocks, began to throng upon Lankā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)