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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.25

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.

3.21.25

sa codito rathaḥ śīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ
śabdenāpūrayām āsa diśaś ca pratiśas tathā

That chariot of Khara, slayer of foes, being driven swiftly, filled with its noise the quarters and every direction likewise.

Words: sa — that; codito — urged, driven; rathaḥ — chariot; śīghraṃ — swiftly; kharasya — of Khara; ripughātinaḥ — slayer of foes; śabdenāpūrayām āsa — filled with (its) noise; diśaś — the quarters, directions; ca — and; pratiśas — in each direction; tathā — likewise

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.