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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.7

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 adds the maces Modakī and Śikharī, the nooses of Dharma, Kāla, and Varuṇa, and the dry and moist thunderbolts

1.26.7

dadāmi te mahābāho brāhmam astram anuttamam
gade dve caiva kākutstha modakī śikharī ubhe

I give you, O mighty-armed one, the peerless Brahmā weapon; and two maces, O Kākutstha, both Modakī and Śikharī,

Words: dadāmi — I give; te — to you; mahābāho — O mighty-armed one; brāhmam — of Brahmā; astram — weapon; anuttamam — peerless; gade — maces; dve — two; caiva — and; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; modakī — Modakī; śikharī — Śikharī; ubhe — both

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.