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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.18.19

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: Viśvāmitra falls silent → frightened and deeply distressed, Daśaratha reels from his seat.

1.18.19

ity evam uktvā dharmātmā dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ
virarāma mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ

Having spoken thus, these words fraught with dharma and profit, the righteous, greatly splendoured, great sage Viśvāmitra fell silent.

Words: ity — thus; evam — thus, so; uktvā — having spoken; dharmātmā — the righteous one; dharmārthasahitaṃ — fraught with dharma and profit; vacaḥ — speech, words; virarāma — fell silent, ceased; mahātejā — of great splendour; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage

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.