Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Agastya Requests Rāma to Protect the Sages
Text 3.12.62
यमस्य चैव चारास्तु बहून्यब्दशतानि वै।
तेजसा मृत्युभूताश्च व्याधयश्च निराकृताः॥
yamasya caiva cārās tu bahūny abda-śatāni vai
tejasā mṛtyu-bhūtāś ca vyādhayaś ca nirākṛtāḥ
yamasya ca eva = Yamarāja’s; cārāḥ tu = messengers; bahūni abda-śatāni vai = for several thousands of years; tejasā = by [my] prowess; mṛtyu-bhūtāḥ ca = died; vyādhayaḥ = diseases; ca = and; nirākṛtāḥ = were neutralized.
For several thousands of years, Yamarāja’s messengers died by [my] prowess and diseases were neutralized.