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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.20.19

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: Viśvāmitra knows them all and can create others → Vasiṣṭha urges Daśaratha to put aside his doubts.

1.20.19

evaṃ vīryo mahātejā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
na rāmagamane rājan saṃśayaṃ gantum arhasi

Such is the might of the greatly splendoured Viśvāmitra of great austerity; you ought not, O king, to entertain doubt about Rāma's going.

Words: evaṃ — such, thus; vīryo — of might; mahātejā — of great splendour; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahātapāḥ — of great austerity; na — not; rāmagamane — concerning Rāma's going; rājan — O king; saṃśayaṃ — doubt; gantum — to go to, entertain; arhasi — you should

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.