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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.14.7
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth. Ṛṣyaśṛṅga begins the putrīyā iṣṭi, the Devas ask Viṣṇu to take human birth because Rāvaṇa’s protection excludes humans
In the sequence: the Devas tell Brahmā that Rāvaṇa's boon prevents them from punishing him, although he terrorizes the worlds, obstructs holy people, and threatens Indra → even the sun, wind, and ocean refrain from troubling him
1.14.7
tvayā tasmai varo dattaḥ prītena bhagavan purā
mānayantaś ca taṃ nityaṃ sarvaṃ tasya kṣamāmahe
A boon was given to him by you, well pleased, of old, O venerable one; and ever honouring it, we endure everything of his.
Words: tvayā — by you; tasmai — to him; varo — a boon; dattaḥ — given; prītena — (by you) pleased; bhagavan — O venerable one; purā — of old; mānayantaś — honouring, respecting; ca — and; taṃ — it (the boon); nityaṃ — ever, always; sarvaṃ — everything; tasya — of his; kṣamāmahe — we endure, tolerate
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.