Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 3, Shloka 31
लङ्कादुर्गवर्णनम्
Description of Lanka’s Fortifications and Forces
अङ्गदोद्विविदोमैन्दोजाम्बवान्पनसोऽनलः ।नीलस्सेनापतिश्चेवबलशेषेणकिंतव ।।।।प्लवमानाहिगत्वातांरावणस्यमहापुरीम् ।।।।सपर्वतवनांभित्त्वासखातांचसप्रतोरणाम् ।सप्राकारांसभवनामानयिष्यन्तिराघव ।।।।
aṅgado dvivido maindo jāmbavān panaso ’nalaḥ | nīlaḥ senāpatiś caiva balaśeṣeṇa kiṃ tava ||
plavamānā hi gatvā tāṃ rāvaṇasya mahāpurīm |
saparvatavanāṃ bhittvā sakhātāṃ ca sapratoṛaṇām |
saprākārāṃ sabhavanām ānayiṣyanti rāghava ||
Bakit mo pa kailangan ang nalalabing hukbo, O Rāghava, kung naririto sina Aṅgada, Dvivida, Mainda, Jāmbavān, Panasa, Anala, at si Nīla na pinunò ng sandatahan? Sa pagtalon at paglipad sa ibayo, mararating nila ang dakilang lungsod ni Rāvaṇa; wawasakin nila ang mga tanggulang bundok at gubat, ang mga moat at tarangkahan na may arko, pati ang mga pader at gusali, at papasukin nila iyon nang sapilitan.
"Raghava! What do we have to do with the rest of the army when Angada, Dwivida, Mainda, Jambavan, Panasa, Nala and the chief of the army Nila are there? Reaching Ravana's city by leaping over the mountains and demolishing the outer gates, other boundaries, archways and other buildings they will get into Lanka city."
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