Book I : Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties : Chapter 1(Continued)
वने तस्मिन् निवसता जनस्थान निवासिनाम् || १-१-४८
रक्षसाम् निहतानि असन् सहस्राणि चतुर् दश |
रक्षसाम् निहतानि असन् सहस्राणि चतुर् दश |
48b, 49a. tasmin vane nivasataa = in that, forest, during his stay; janasthaana nivaasinaam rakshasaam = Janasthaana, inhabitants, of demons;catur dasha sahasraaNi = fourteen, ten, thousands - fourteen thousand; nihataani asan = eliminated, they have become - demons.
"During his stay in Dandaka forest Rama eliminated fourteen thousand demons in all, who are the inhabitants of that very forest... [1-1-48b, 49a]
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