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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.53.22

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.

1.53.22

dīrghāsipaṭṭiśadharair hemavarṇāmbarāvṛtaiḥ
nirdagdhaṃ tad balaṃ sarvaṃ pradīptair iva pāvakaiḥ

By those bearing long swords and paṭṭiśa-spears and clad in gold-coloured garments, that whole army was burnt up as if by blazing fires.

Words: dīrghāsipaṭṭiśadharair — bearing long swords and paṭṭiśa-spears; hemavarṇāmbarāvṛtaiḥ — clad in gold-coloured garments; nirdagdhaṃ — burnt up, consumed; tad — that; balaṃ — army; sarvaṃ — whole, all; pradīptair — by blazing; iva — as if; pāvakaiḥ — by fires

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.