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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.20

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

1.26.20

etān nāma mahābāho kāmarūpān mahābalān
gṛhāṇa paramodārān kṣipram eva nṛpātmaja

These indeed, O mighty-armed one — able to take any form at will, mighty and most excellent — receive at once, O prince.

Words: etān — these; nāma — indeed, by name; mahābāho — O mighty-armed one; kāmarūpān — taking any form at will; mahābalān — mighty; gṛhāṇa — take, receive; paramodārān — most excellent, most noble; kṣipram — quickly, at once; eva — indeed; nṛpātmaja — O prince

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.