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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.12

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire. Indra departs before meeting Rāma, the ṛṣi receives him and rises young from the flames to Brahmā’s world

In the sequence: he points out the divine horses and youthful armed attendants to Lakṣmaṇa, then asks him to wait with Sītā while he approaches

3.4.12

ime ca puruṣavyāghra ye tiṣṭhanty abhito ratham
śataṃ śataṃ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ khaḍgapāṇayaḥ

And these, O tiger among men, who stand around the chariot in their hundreds, are youths wearing earrings, with swords in hand.

Words: ime — these; ca — and; puruṣavyāghra — O tiger among men; ye — who; tiṣṭhanty — stand; abhito — around; ratham — the chariot; śataṃ śataṃ — hundred by hundred; kuṇḍalino — wearing earrings; yuvānaḥ — youths; khaḍgapāṇayaḥ — with swords in hand

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.