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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.25.17
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
1.25.17
mune kauśike bhadraṃ te sendrāḥ sarve marudgaṇāḥ
toṣitāḥ karmaṇānena snehaṃ darśaya rāghave
“O sage Kauśika, blessings on you! All the hosts of the Maruts, together with Indra, are gratified by this deed; show now your affection to Rāghava.
Words: mune — O sage; kauśike — O Kauśika; bhadraṃ — blessings, good; te — to you; sendrāḥ — together with Indra; sarve — all; marudgaṇāḥ — the hosts of the Maruts; toṣitāḥ — gratified, pleased; karmaṇānena — by this deed; snehaṃ — affection; darśaya — show; rāghave — to Rāghava
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.