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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.20.13

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: the divine weapons were given to Viśvāmitra while he was King: a hundred mighty sons of Kṛśāśva, born through Dakṣa's daughters Jayā and Suprabhā, fifty from each

1.20.13

sarvāstrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ
kauśikāya purā dattā yadā rājyaṃ praśāsati

All the weapons — the supremely righteous sons of Kṛśāśva — were of old given to the Kauśika, when he was ruling the kingdom.

Words: sarvāstrāṇi — all the weapons; kṛśāśvasya — of Kṛśāśva; putrāḥ — the sons; paramadhārmikāḥ — supremely righteous; kauśikāya — to the Kauśika (Viśvāmitra); purā — of old; dattā — given; yadā — when; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; praśāsati — he was ruling

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.