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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.24

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.

3.21.24

tatas tāñ śabalān aśvāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣitān
kharasya matam ājñāya sārathiḥ samacodayat

Then the charioteer, understanding Khara's mind, urged on those dappled horses adorned with refined gold.

Words: tatas — then; tāñ — those; śabalān — dappled; aśvāṃs — horses; taptakāñcanabhūṣitān — adorned with refined gold; kharasya — of Khara; matam — the mind, intent; ājñāya — having understood, perceived; sārathiḥ — the charioteer; samacodayat — urged on, drove

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.