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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 26: Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers. Viśvāmitra teaches the weapon-mantras, the powers appear and offer service, Rāma asks them to answer whenever summoned

In the sequence: he gives weapons that induce sleep, pacify, dry up, torment, inflame desire, or delude, along with others that draw away an enemy's energy or bring cold

1.26.15

prasvāpanapraśamane dadmi sauraṃ ca rāghava
darpaṇaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane

the two weapons Prasvāpana and Praśamana (that lull to sleep and pacify) I give, and the solar (Saura) weapon, O Rāghava; the Darpaṇa and the Śoṣaṇa (the drier), and the Saṃtāpana and Vilāpana (that torment and make wail),

Words: prasvāpanapraśamane — the Prasvāpana and Praśamana (dual); dadmi — I give; sauraṃ — the solar (Saura); ca — and; rāghava — O Rāghava; darpaṇaṃ — the Darpaṇa (mirror); śoṣaṇaṃ — the Śoṣaṇa (the drier); caiva — and; saṃtāpanavilāpane — the Saṃtāpana and Vilāpana (dual)

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.