Chapter 75 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 75.5

उल्काहस्तैहरिगणैः सर्वतः समभिदुताः। आरक्षस्था विरूपाक्षाः सहसा विप्रदुद्रुवुः।५।।

ulkāhastaiharigaṇaiḥ sarvataḥ samabhidutāḥ| ārakṣasthā virūpākṣāḥ sahasā vipradudruvuḥ|5||

English Meaning

Charged at all points by nur bers of monkeys armed with fire-brands, those firece-eyed (Rākş asas) that guarded the gates.* suddenly fled away. *Araksasthā-according to some means gates. According to others, a gulma or division of an army.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)