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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.20.9
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 assures him that Rāma will be safe under Viśvāmitra's protection, trained or untrained
1.20.9
kṛtāstram akṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ
guptaṃ kuśikaputreṇa jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā
Whether trained in weapons or untrained, the rākṣasas will not be able (to harm) him, guarded by the son of Kuśika, as nectar (is guarded) by fire.
Words: kṛtāstram — trained in weapons; akṛtāstraṃ — untrained in weapons; vā — or; nainaṃ — not him; śakṣyanti — will be able; rākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas; guptaṃ — guarded, protected; kuśikaputreṇa — by the son of Kuśika; jvalanenāmṛtaṃ — nectar by fire; yathā — as, like
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.