Verse 16·VR 6.37.16

गजानाम् च सहस्रम् च रथानाम् अयुतम् पुरे | हयानाम् अयुते द्वे च साग्र कोटी च रक्षसाम् || ६-३७-१६ विक्रान्ता बलवन्तसः च सम्युगेष्व् आततायिनः | इष्टा राक्षस राजस्य नित्यम् एते निशा चराः || ६-३७-१७

laN^kaayaam sacivaiH raamaaya pratyavedayat | raamaM kamalapatraakshamidamuttaramabraviit || 6-37-20 raavaNaavarajaH shriimaan raamapriyachikiirShayaa |

Translation

"The elephants and chariots number some ten thousand each, the cavalry twenty thousand and there are more than a crore foot soldiers. These strong and intrepid demons endeavouring to kill someone in battle have ever been their sovereign's favourites."

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dashasaahasaram

ten thousand

gajaanaam

elephants

tathaa

and

ayutam

ten thousand

ruthaanaam

chariots

dve ayutam

twenty thousand

hayaanaam

cavalry

saagraa

a little more than

koTishcha

crore

rakSasaam

foot soldiers

balavantashcha

who are strong

vikraantaaH

intrepid

aatataayinaH

in battle

nityam

have even been

raakSasa raajasya

of their sovereign's

iSTaaH

favourites.

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37

Vibhishana Sends Spies into Lanka

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