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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.23

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's chariot follows the advancing force, and he urges his driver to hurry.

3.21.23

tāṃs tv abhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān
kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiṃ cij jagāma tadanantaram

And seeing those rākṣasas of terrible valour rushing forward, Khara's chariot too then moved on somewhat after them.

Words: tāṃs — those; tv — and; abhidravato — rushing forward; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rākṣasān — the rākṣasas; bhīmavikramān — of terrible valour; kharasyāpi — of Khara too; rathaḥ — chariot; kiṃ cij — somewhat, a little; jagāma — moved, went; tadanantaram — thereupon, right after that

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.