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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.18.13

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

1.18.13

na ca putrakṛtaṃ snehaṃ kartum arhasi pārthiva
ahaṃ te pratijānāmi hatau tau viddhi rākṣasau

And you must not indulge the fondness felt for a son, O king; I give you my pledge — know those two rākṣasas as already slain.

Words: na — not; ca — and; putrakṛtaṃ — occasioned by a son; snehaṃ — fondness, affection; kartum — to make, indulge; arhasi — you ought; pārthiva — O king; ahaṃ — I; te — to you; pratijānāmi — promise, pledge; hatau — slain (the two); tau — those two; viddhi — know; rākṣasau — rākṣasas (the two)

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.