Chapter 57 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 57.18

समानयत मे शीघ्रं राक्षसानां महाबलम्। मद्बाणानां तु वेगेन हतानां तु रणाजिरे॥ अद्य तृप्यन्तु मांसादाः पक्षिणः काननौकसः।

samānayata me śīghraṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahābalam| madbāṇānāṃ tu vegena hatānāṃ tu raṇājire|| adya tṛpyantu māṃsādāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ kānanaukasaḥ|

English Meaning

At once bring up the mighty host of Raksasas Today in the field of fight will I entertain the flesh-feeding fowls of the forest with the bodies of the foes slain with my resistless shafts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)