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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.14.8
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
1.14.8
udvejayati lokāṃs trīn ucchritān dveṣṭi durmatiḥ
śakraṃ tridaśarājānaṃ pradharṣayitum icchati
The evil-minded one torments the three worlds and hates the eminent; he wishes to assail Śakra, the king of the gods.
Words: udvejayati — torments, distresses; lokāṃs — the worlds; trīn — three; ucchritān — the eminent, exalted; dveṣṭi — hates; durmatiḥ — the evil-minded one; śakraṃ — Śakra (Indra); tridaśarājānaṃ — the king of the gods; pradharṣayitum — to assail, overpower; icchati — wishes
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.