Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 23: Khara Disregards Evil Omens on the Way
Text 3.23.31-32

श्येनगामी पृथुग्रीवो यज्ञशत्रुर्विहङ्गमः।
दुर्जयः करवीराक्षः परुषः कालकार्मुकः॥

मेघमाली महमाली सर्पास्यो रुधिराशनः।
द्वादशैते महावीर्याः प्रतस्थुरभितः खरम्॥

śyenagāmī pṛthugrīvo yajñaśatrur vihaṅgamaḥ
durjayaḥ karavīrākṣaḥ paruṣaḥ kālakārmukaḥ

meghamālī mahāmālī sarpāsyo rudhirāśanaḥ
dvādaśaite mahā-vīryāḥ pratasthur abhitaḥ kharam

śyenagāmī = Śyenagāmī; pṛthugrīvaḥ = Pṛthugrīva; yajñaśatruḥ = Yajñaśatru; vihaṅgamaḥ = Vihaṅgama; durjayaḥ = Durjaya; karavīrākṣaḥ = Karavīrākṣa; paruṣaḥ = Paruṣa; kālakārmukaḥ = Kālakārmuka; meghamālī = Meghamālī; mahāmālī = Mahāmālī; sarpāsyaḥ = Sarpāsya [and]; rudhirāśanaḥ = Rudhirāśana; dvādaśa = twelve; ete = these; mahā-vīryāḥ = great heroes; pratasthuḥ abhitaḥ = surrounded; kharam = of Khara.

These twelve great heroes surrounded Khara: Śyenagāmī, Pṛthugrīva, Yajñaśatru, Vihaṅgama, Durjaya, Karavīrākṣa, Paruṣa, Kālakārmuka, Meghamālī, Mahāmālī, Sarpāsya [and] Rudhirāśana.

Śyenagāmī and the others [listed here] were Khara’s ministers.