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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.18.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 18: Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice. Viśvāmitra asks for Rāma to protect his sacrifice from Mārīca & Subāhu, promising the prince’s safety and advancement

In the sequence: he promises blessings and worldwide fame, insisting that the rākṣasas cannot withstand Rāma and that he, Vasiṣṭha, and the other ṛṣis know Rāma's true strength

1.18.10

śreyaś cāsmai pradāsyāmi bahurūpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
trayāṇām api lokānāṃ yena khyātiṃ gamiṣyati

And I will bestow on him blessing of many kinds, no doubt — by which he will attain renown throughout all three worlds.

Words: śreyaś — blessing, good; cāsmai — and to him; pradāsyāmi — I will bestow; bahurūpaṃ — of many kinds; na — not; saṃśayaḥ — doubt; trayāṇām — of the three; api — even, indeed; lokānāṃ — of the worlds; yena — by which; khyātiṃ — renown, fame; gamiṣyati — will attain, go to

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.