Chapter 53 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 53.7

ऋष्टिभिस्तोमरैश्चित्रैः श्लक्ष्णैश्च मुसलैरपि। भिन्दिपालैश्च चापैश्च शक्तिभिः पट्टिशैरपि॥ खङ्गैश्चक्रैर्गदाभिश्च निशितैश्च परश्वधैः। पदातयश्च नियन्ति विविधाः शस्त्रपाणयः॥

ṛṣṭibhistomaraiścitraiḥ ślakṣṇaiśca musalairapi| bhindipālaiśca cāpaiśca śaktibhiḥ paṭṭiśairapi|| khaṅgaiścakrairgadābhiśca niśitaiśca paraśvadhaiḥ| padātayaśca niyanti vividhāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ||

English Meaning

And equipped with slender swords and curious Tomaras and smooth maces and bhindipālas and bows and darts and pattiśa and scimitars and discuses and clubs and sharpened axes, the multiform infantry march bearing arms in their hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)