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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.13

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: Dūṣaṇa brings the gold-decorated chariot with its dappled horses → Khara mounts, the troops gather around him and Dūṣaṇa, and he gives the order to march

3.21.13

iti tasya bruvāṇasya sūryavarṇaṃ mahāratham
sadaśvaiḥ śabalair yuktam ācacakṣe 'tha dūṣaṇaḥ

As he spoke thus, Dūṣaṇa then presented the great chariot, sun-coloured, yoked with fine dappled horses.

Words: iti — thus; tasya bruvāṇasya — as he was speaking; sūryavarṇaṃ — sun-coloured; mahāratham — the great chariot; sadaśvaiḥ — with fine horses; śabalair — dappled, spotted; yuktam — yoked; ācacakṣe — presented, pointed out; 'tha — then; dūṣaṇaḥ — Dūṣaṇa

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.