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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.53.18

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 53: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure. The King seizes Śabalā, she returns to Vasiṣṭha and, with his permission, produces armies to resist the royal forces

In the sequence: hundreds of Pahlavas spring from her bellow and devastate Viśvāmitra's troops → the King kills them with his weapons

1.53.18

tasyā humbhāravotsṛṣṭāḥ pahlavāḥ śataśo nṛpa
nāśayanti balaṃ sarvaṃ viśvāmitrasya paśyataḥ

From her 'humbhā' bellow there sprang forth Pahlavas by the hundreds, O king, and they destroyed all of Viśvāmitra's army as he looked on.

Words: tasyā — from her, her; humbhāravotsṛṣṭāḥ — sent forth by her 'humbhā' bellow; pahlavāḥ — Pahlavas (a people); śataśo — by the hundreds; nṛpa — O king; nāśayanti — they destroy; balaṃ — army; sarvaṃ — whole, all; viśvāmitrasya — of Viśvāmitra; paśyataḥ — as he looks on

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.