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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.2

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: The next morning Viśvāmitra smiles and speaks sweetly to Rāma → pleased with him and filled with affection, he offers him astras powerful enough to overcome Devas, asuras, gandharvas and uragas

1.26.2

patituṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
prītyā paramayā yukto dadāmy astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ

“I am well pleased — blessings on you, O illustrious prince! Filled with the highest affection, I give you all the weapons,

Words: patituṣṭo 'smi — I am well pleased; bhadraṃ — good fortune, a blessing; te — to you; rājaputra — O prince; mahāyaśaḥ — O greatly illustrious one; prītyā — with affection; paramayā — the highest; yukto — endowed, filled; dadāmy — I give; astrāṇi — weapons; sarvaśaḥ — all, entirely

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.