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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.16

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

3.21.16

dhvajanistriṃśasaṃpannaṃ kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitam
sadaśvayuktaṃ so 'marṣād āruroha rathaṃ kharaḥ

furnished with banner and sword, adorned with little bells, and yoked with fine horses — that chariot Khara mounted in fury.

Words: dhvajanistriṃśasaṃpannaṃ — furnished with banner and sword; kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitam — adorned with little bells; sadaśvayuktaṃ — yoked with fine horses; so 'marṣād — he, in fury; āruroha — mounted, ascended; rathaṃ — chariot; kharaḥ — Khara

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.