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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.28

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: meanwhile ṛṣis, Devas, gandharvas, siddhas and cāraṇas gather and pray for Rāma's victory

3.22.28

jayatāṃ rāghavo yuddhe paulastyān rajanīcarān
cakrā hasto yathā yuddhe sarvān asurapuṃgavān

May Rāghava conquer in battle the night-roaming descendants of Pulastya, as the discus-handed (Viṣṇu) conquered in battle all the bulls among asuras.”

Words: jayatāṃ — may (he) conquer; rāghavo — Rāghava; yuddhe — in battle; paulastyān — the descendants of Pulastya; rajanīcarān — night-roamers; cakrā — with (his) discus; hasto — in hand (i.e. the discus-handed Viṣṇu); yathā — as; yuddhe — in battle; sarvān — all; asurapuṃgavān — the bulls among asuras

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.