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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.19.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place. Daśaratha resists sending the young Rāma, offers himself and his army instead and renews his refusal on hearing of Rāvaṇa’s power

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra names Rāvaṇa, son of Viśravas and brother of Kubera, protected by Brahmā's boon → Mārīca and Subāhu obstruct the sacrifice at his urging

1.19.15

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata
paulastyavaṃśaprabhavo rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ

Hearing that speech of his, Viśvāmitra replied: “There is a rākṣasa named Rāvaṇa, sprung from the line of Pulastya;

Words: tasya — his; tad — that; vacanaṃ — speech; śrutvā — having heard; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; 'bhyabhāṣata — replied; paulastyavaṃśaprabhavo — sprung from the line of Pulastya; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; nāma — by name; rākṣasaḥ — a rākṣasa

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.