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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.25

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Omens on Khara’s march. Blood-coloured rain, darkness and bodily tremors warn of disaster, Khara dismisses them and advances with his leading warriors

In the sequence: his confidence encourages the army

3.22.25

sā tasya garjitaṃ śrutvā rākṣasasya mahācamūḥ
praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe mṛtyupāśāvapāśitā

Hearing that roar of the rākṣasa Khara, his great army, though bound in the noose of death, felt an unequalled joy.

Words: sā — that; tasya — his; garjitaṃ — roar, boast; śrutvā — having heard; rākṣasasya — of the rākṣasa; mahācamūḥ — the great army; praharṣam — joy, delight; atulaṃ — unequalled; lebhe — obtained, felt; mṛtyupāśāvapāśitā — bound in the noose of death

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.