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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.11
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Khara’s army mobilizes. Dūṣaṇa assembles fourteen thousand rākṣasas, Khara mounts his chariot and the armed force marches from Janasthāna
In the sequence: Khara orders his commander Dūṣaṇa to mobilize fourteen thousand rākṣasas and prepare his chariot and weapons
3.21.11
upasthāpaya me kṣipraṃ rathaṃ saumya dhanūṃṣi ca
śarāṃś ca citrān khaḍgāṃś ca śaktīś ca vividhāḥ śitāḥ
Bring up swiftly for me, gentle one, my chariot and bows, and gleaming arrows, and swords, and various sharp lances.
Words: upasthāpaya — bring up, make ready; me — for me; kṣipraṃ — swiftly; rathaṃ — chariot; saumya — gentle one; dhanūṃṣi — bows; ca — and; śarāṃś — arrows; ca — and; citrān — bright, variegated; khaḍgāṃś — swords; ca — and; śaktīś — lances, spears; ca — and; vividhāḥ — various; śitāḥ — sharp, whetted
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.