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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.3
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa. Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father, a being emerges from the fire with divine pāyasa and the King distributes it among his wives
In the sequence: Viṣṇu asks how Rāvaṇa can be killed, although he already knows → the Suras explain again that Rāvaṇa's contempt for humans left them outside his protection → Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father
1.15.3
evam uktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcur viṣṇum avyayam
mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthāya rāvaṇaṃ jahi saṃyuge
Addressed thus, all the gods replied to the imperishable Viṣṇu: “Taking on a human body, slay Rāvaṇa in battle.
Words: evam — thus; uktāḥ — addressed; surāḥ — the gods; sarve — all; pratyūcur — replied; viṣṇum — to Viṣṇu; avyayam — the imperishable; mānuṣīṃ — human; tanum — body; āsthāya — having taken on, assumed; rāvaṇaṃ — Rāvaṇa; jahi — slay; saṃyuge — in battle
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.