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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.25

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: Rāma accepts them and touches them with his hand, asking them to be present in his mind whenever summoned → he salutes his teacher and resumes the journey.

1.26.25

tataḥ prītamanā rāmo viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim
abhivādya mahātejā gamanāyopacakrame

Then Rāma, glad at heart and of great splendour, having saluted the great sage Viśvāmitra, set out to continue on his way.

Words: tataḥ — then; prītamanā — glad at heart; rāmo — Rāma; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; mahāmunim — the great sage; abhivādya — having saluted; mahātejā — of great splendour; gamanāyopacakrame — set about departing

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.