Chapter 64 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 64.4

स्थानं वृद्धिं च हानिं च देशकालविधानवित्। आत्मनश्च परेषां च बुध्यते राक्षसर्षभः॥

sthānaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca hāniṃ ca deśakālavidhānavit| ātmanaśca pareṣāṃ ca budhyate rākṣasarṣabhaḥ||

English Meaning

But the foremost of the Raksasa is versed in place and increase and injury, and know the duties touching season and place, and how to advance his own party and lower that of the foe.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)