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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.3

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

1.26.3

devāsuragaṇān vāpi sagandharvoragān api
yair amitrān prasahyājau vaśīkṛtya jayiṣyasi

the weapons by which you shall overpower and subdue your enemies in battle and conquer them — even the hosts of gods and asuras, together with the gandharvas and serpents.

Words: devāsuragaṇān — the hosts of gods and asuras; vāpi — even, or; sagandharvoragān — together with gandharvas and serpents; api — also; yair — by which; amitrān — enemies; prasahyājau — having overpowered (them) in battle; vaśīkṛtya — having brought under control; jayiṣyasi — you shall conquer

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.