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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.19

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

1.26.19

somāstraṃ śiśiraṃ nāma tvāṣṭram astraṃ sudāmanam
dāruṇaṃ ca bhagasyāpi śīteṣum atha mānavam

the lunar (Soma) weapon called Śiśira (the Cold), the weapon of Tvaṣṭṛ named Sudāman, the terrible weapon of Bhaga too, and then the cold-arrowed Mānava.

Words: somāstraṃ — the lunar (Soma) weapon; śiśiraṃ — Śiśira (the Cold); nāma — by name; tvāṣṭram — the (weapon) of Tvaṣṭṛ; astraṃ — weapon; sudāmanam — Sudāman (by name); dāruṇaṃ — the terrible; ca — and; bhagasyāpi — of Bhaga too; śīteṣum — the cold-arrowed (Śīteṣu); atha — then; mānavam — the Mānava

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.