Chapter 69 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 69.23

अतिकायोऽतितेजस्वी राक्षसेन्द्रसुतस्तदा। आरुरोह रथश्रेष्ठं श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम्॥ सुचक्राक्षं सुसंयुक्तं सानुकर्ष सकूबरम्। तूणीबाणासनैर्दीप्तं प्रासासिपरिघाकुलम्॥

atikāyo'titejasvī rākṣasendrasutastadā| āruroha rathaśreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām|| sucakrākṣaṃ susaṃyuktaṃ sānukarṣa sakūbaram| tūṇībāṇāsanairdīptaṃ prāsāsiparighākulam||

English Meaning

Then that foremost of all bowmen-the powerful Atikāya-son to the lord of Raksasas-ascended the best of cars, having excellent wheels and akşas, and yoked with excellent steeds, and furnished with bottoms and holes; flaming with quivers and bows; and bristling with prāścas and swords and blugdeons.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)