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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.22

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

3.21.22

rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa
niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām

Fourteen thousand most dreadful rākṣasas, obedient to Khara's will, marched forth from Janasthāna.

Words: rākṣasānāṃ — of rākṣasas; sughorāṇāṃ — most dreadful; sahasrāṇi — thousand; caturdaśa — fourteen; niryātāni — marched forth, set out; janasthānāt — from Janasthāna; kharacittānuvartinām — obedient to Khara's will

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.