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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.8

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

1.26.8

pradīpte naraśārdūla prayacchāmi nṛpātmaja
dharmapāśam ahaṃ rāma kālapāśaṃ tathaiva ca

both blazing, O tiger among men — these I bestow, O prince. And I give you the noose of Dharma, O Rāma, and likewise the noose of Kāla (Death),

Words: pradīpte — blazing (the two maces); naraśārdūla — O tiger among men; prayacchāmi — I bestow, give; nṛpātmaja — O prince (son of a king); dharmapāśam — the noose of Dharma; ahaṃ — I; rāma — O Rāma; kālapāśaṃ — the noose of Kāla (Death); tathaiva — and likewise; ca — and

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.