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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.25.16

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

1.25.16

uvāca paramaprītaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
surāś ca sarve saṃhṛṣṭā viśvāmitram athābruvan

The thousand-eyed Puraṃdara (Indra), greatly delighted, spoke; and all the gods, thrilled, then said to Viśvāmitra:

Words: uvāca — spoke; paramaprītaḥ — greatly delighted; sahasrākṣaḥ — the thousand-eyed (Indra); puraṃdaraḥ — Puraṃdara (the sacker of cities, Indra); surāś — the gods; ca — and; sarve — all; saṃhṛṣṭā — thrilled, delighted; viśvāmitram — to Viśvāmitra; athābruvan — then said

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.