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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.25.20

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: the Suras depart as twilight approaches → Viśvāmitra, delighted by Tāṭakā's death, kisses Rāma on the head and proposes spending the night there before continuing to his hermitage at dawn.

1.25.20

evam uktvā surāḥ sarve hṛṣṭā jagmur yathāgatam
viśvāmitraṃ pūjayitvā tataḥ saṃdhyā pravartate

Having spoken thus, all the gods, delighted, having honoured Viśvāmitra, departed as they had come; then the twilight came on.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; surāḥ — the gods; sarve — all; hṛṣṭā — delighted; jagmur — went, departed; yathāgatam — as they had come; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; pūjayitvā — having honoured; tataḥ — then; saṃdhyā — the twilight; pravartate — comes on, sets in

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.