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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.20.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers. Viśvāmitra threatens to leave, Vasiṣṭha urges Daśaratha to honour his promise and assures him of the ṛṣi’s power to protect Rāma

In the sequence: he describes Viśvāmitra's unmatched wisdom, austerity, and mastery of weapons

1.20.12

na devā narṣayaḥ ke cin nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ

Neither the gods, nor any of the seers, nor the asuras, nor the rākṣasas, nor the chief of the gandharvas and yakṣas, with the kinnaras and great serpents (know them).

Words: na — not; devā — the gods; narṣayaḥ — nor the seers; ke — who (any); cin — at all (indef.); nāsurā — nor the asuras; na — not; ca — and; rākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas; gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ — the chief gandharvas and yakṣas; sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ — with kinnaras and great serpents

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.