Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 16 Shloka 35
Original Shlokaअग्रतश्चास्य सन्नद्धाश्चन्दनागरुभूषिताः।।2.16.35।। खड्गचापधराश्शूरा जग्मुराशंसवो जनाः।
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सन्नद्धाः equipped with armour, चन्दनागरुभूषिताः anointing their bodies with sandalpaste and agaru, खड्गचापधराः holding swords and bows, आशंसवः heralds, शूराः जनाः soldiers, अस्य Rama's, अग्रतः ahead of him, जग्मुः followed.
Soldiers, anointing their bodies with pastes of sandal and aloe wood, equipped with armour and holding swords and bows, went ahead heralding his (Rama's) arrival.