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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.7

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 orders his commander Dūṣaṇa to mobilize fourteen thousand rākṣasas and prepare his chariot and weapons

3.21.7

tayā paruṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ punar eva praśaṃsitaḥ
abravīd dūṣaṇaṃ nāma kharaḥ senāpatiṃ tadā

Reviled by her before and now praised again, Khara then spoke to his commander named Dūṣaṇa:

Words: tayā — by her; paruṣitaḥ — reviled, abused; pūrvaṃ — before; punar eva — and now again; praśaṃsitaḥ — praised; abravīd — spoke; dūṣaṇaṃ — Dūṣaṇa; nāma — by name; kharaḥ — Khara; senāpatiṃ — the commander, general; tadā — then

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.