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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.12

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

3.21.12

agre niryātum icchāmi paulastyānāṃ mahātmanām
vadhārthaṃ durvinītasya rāmasya raṇakovidaḥ

Skilled in battle, I wish to march at the head of the great-souled descendants of Pulastya, for the slaying of the ill-mannered Rāma.

Words: agre — at the head, in front; niryātum — to march out, set forth; icchāmi — I wish; paulastyānāṃ — of the descendants of Pulastya (the rākṣasas); mahātmanām — of the great-souled; vadhārthaṃ — for the sake of slaying; durvinītasya — of the ill-mannered (Rāma); rāmasya — of Rāma; raṇakovidaḥ — skilled in battle

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.