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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.19.18
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
1.19.18
yadā svayaṃ na yajñasya vighnakartā mahābalaḥ
tena saṃcoditau tau tu rākṣasau sumahā balau
mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca yajñavighnaṃ kariṣyataḥ
When that mighty one is not himself the obstructor of the sacrifice, then, urged on by him, those two rākṣasas of very great strength, Mārīca and Subāhu, will work the obstruction of the sacrifice.
Words: yadā — when; svayaṃ — himself; na — not; yajñasya — of the sacrifice; vighnakartā — the obstructor; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one; tena — by him; saṃcoditau — urged on (the two); tau — those two; tu — but; rākṣasau — two rākṣasas; sumahā — very great; balau — of strength (the two); mārīcaś — Mārīca; ca — and; subāhuś — Subāhu; ca — and; yajñavighnaṃ — obstruction of the sacrifice; kariṣyataḥ — will make (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.