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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.25.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 25: Rāma kills Tāṭakā. Rāma’s bowstring draws her attack, he kills her with an arrow to the breast and the Devas ask Viśvāmitra to reward him with divine weapons

In the sequence: Indra and the Suras praise the deed → they ask Viśvāmitra to give Rāma the divine weapons—Prajāpati Bhṛśāśva’s sons, sustained by the power of austerity—since he is a worthy pupil with a great divine task ahead

1.25.15

tāṃ hatāṃ bhīmasaṃkāśāṃ dṛṣṭvā surapatis tadā
sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ surāś ca samapūjayan

Seeing her of fearful aspect slain, the lord of the gods then, and the gods, honoured Kākutstha (Rāma), (crying) “Well done, well done!”

Words: tāṃ — her; hatāṃ — slain; bhīmasaṃkāśāṃ — of fearful aspect; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; surapatis — the lord of the gods (Indra); tadā — then; sādhu — well done; sādhv — well done; iti — thus; kākutsthaṃ — Kākutstha (Rāma); surāś — the gods; ca — and; samapūjayan — honoured

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.