Chapter 51 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 51.18

धूम्राक्षवचनं श्रुत्वा बलाध्यक्षो बलानुगः। बलमुद्योजयामास रावणस्याज्ञया भृशम्॥

dhūmrākṣavacanaṃ śrutvā balādhyakṣo balānugaḥ| balamudyojayāmāsa rāvaṇasyājñayā bhṛśam||

English Meaning

Hearing Dhumraksa's words, the general of the forces, following them, at the command of Rāvaņa forthwith made the army ready.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)