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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.53.20

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: she produces Śakas and Yavanas, who attack with swords and spears → Viśvāmitra answers with his missiles.

1.53.20

viśvāmitrārditān dṛṣṭvā pahlavāñ śataśas tadā
bhūya evāsṛjad ghorāñ śakān yavanamiśritān

Seeing the Pahlavas afflicted by Viśvāmitra by the hundreds, she then again brought forth terrible Śakas mingled with Yavanas.

Words: viśvāmitrārditān — afflicted by Viśvāmitra; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; pahlavāñ — the Pahlavas; śataśas — by the hundreds; tadā — then; bhūya — again; evāsṛjad — indeed brought forth; ghorāñ — terrible; śakān — Śakas; yavanamiśritān — mingled with Yavanas

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.