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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.20

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: the army leaves Janasthāna carrying bows, swords, spears, axes, clubs, and other weapons

3.21.20

mudgaraiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiś ca paraśvadhaiḥ
khaḍgaiś cakraiś ca hastasthair bhrājamānaiś ca tomaraiḥ

with mallets, paṭṭiśas, spears, and very sharp battle-axes, with swords and discuses and gleaming lances held in their hands,

Words: mudgaraiḥ — with mallets, clubs; paṭṭiśaiḥ — with paṭṭiśas (spiked maces); śūlaiḥ — with spears; sutīkṣṇaiś — very sharp; ca — and; paraśvadhaiḥ — with battle-axes; khaḍgaiś — with swords; cakraiś — with discuses; ca — and; hastasthair — held in hand; bhrājamānaiś — gleaming; ca — and; tomaraiḥ — with lances, javelins

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.