Chapter 93 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 93

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 93.27

अनीकं दशसाहस्रं रथानां वातरंहसाम्। अष्टादश सहस्राणि कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम्।।३० चतुर्दश सहस्राणि सारोहाणां च वाजिनाम्। पूर्णे शतसहस्रे द्वे राक्षसानां पदातिनाम्॥ दिवसस्याष्टभागेन शरैरग्निशिखोपमैः। हतान्येकेन रामेण रक्षसां कामरूपिणाम्॥

anīkaṃ daśasāhasraṃ rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām| aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām||30 caturdaśa sahasrāṇi sārohāṇāṃ ca vājinām| pūrṇe śatasahasre dve rākṣasānāṃ padātinām|| divasasyāṣṭabhāgena śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ| hatānyekena rāmeṇa rakṣasāṃ kāmarūpiṇām||

English Meaning

In the eighth division of the time by Rāma alone with arrows resembling the flame of fire were destroyed ten thousands swift-coursing cars, eighteen thousand elephants fourteen thousand horses and riders and tow million Rākṣasas infantry assuming shapes at will.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)