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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.23.19

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 23: Rāma prepares to fight alone. He reads the omens as signs of victory, sends Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa into a mountain cave and faces the fourteen thousand

In the sequence: the rākṣasa army arrives with shouting, drums, and twanging bows, driving the animals away

3.23.19

tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam
anīkaṃ yātudhānānāṃ samantāt pratyadṛśyata

Then the army of the yātudhānas (demons), of deep roar, with dreadful armour, weapons, and banners, appeared on every side.

Words: tato — then; gambhīranirhrādaṃ — of deep roar; ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam — with dreadful armour, weapons, and banners; anīkaṃ — army, host; yātudhānānāṃ — of the yātudhānas (demons); samantāt — on every side, all around; pratyadṛśyata — appeared, came into view

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.