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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.33

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: Khara drives to the front with twelve leading warriors around him; Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, Pramāthin, and Triśiras follow Dūṣaṇa → the force bears down on the travelers.

3.22.33

mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī triśirās tathā
catvāra ete senāgryā dūṣaṇaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ

Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, Pramāthin, and likewise Triśiras — these four, foremost of the army, followed behind Dūṣaṇa.

Words: mahākapālaḥ — Mahākapāla; sthūlākṣaḥ — Sthūlākṣa; pramāthī — Pramāthin; triśirās — Triśiras; tathā — likewise; catvāra — four; ete — these; senāgryā — foremost of the army; dūṣaṇaṃ — Dūṣaṇa; pṛṣṭhato — behind; 'nvayuḥ — followed

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.