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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation. His army and sons are destroyed, Viśvāmitra wins Śiva’s weapons through austerity and returns to burn Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: Kāmbojas spring from her bellow, Pahlavas from her udder, Yavanas from her womb-region, Śakas from her dung-region, and other peoples from her pores → these forces destroy the King's army

1.54.3

yonideśāc ca yavanaḥ śakṛddeśāc chakās tathā
romakūpeṣu mecchāś ca harītāḥ sakirātakāḥ

and from her womb-region Yavanas, from her dung-region Śakas likewise, and from her hair-pores Mlecchas and Harītas together with Kirātas.

Words: yonideśāc ca — and from the womb-region; yavanaḥ — the Yavanas; śakṛddeśāc — from the dung-region; chakās — Śakas; tathā — likewise; romakūpeṣu — in the hair-pores; mecchāś — Mlecchas (barbarians); ca — and; harītāḥ — Harītas (a people); sakirātakāḥ — together with Kirātas

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.