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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.8
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
3.21.8
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām
rakṣasīṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām
“Fourteen thousand rākṣasas obedient to my will, of terrible speed, never retreating in battles,
Words: caturdaśa — fourteen; sahasrāṇi — thousand; mama — my; cittānuvartinām — obedient to my will; rakṣasīṃ — of the rākṣasas; bhīmavegānāṃ — of terrible speed; samareṣv — in battles; anivartinām — never retreating
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.