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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.26.9

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

1.26.9

vāruṇaṃ pāśam astraṃ ca dadāny aham anuttamam
aśanī dve prayacchāmi śuṣkārdre raghunandana

and the peerless noose-weapon of Varuṇa I also give; and two thunderbolts I bestow, the dry and the moist, O delight of the Raghus.

Words: vāruṇaṃ — of Varuṇa; pāśam — noose; astraṃ — weapon; ca — and; dadāny — I give; aham — I; anuttamam — peerless; aśanī — thunderbolts (dual); dve — two; prayacchāmi — I bestow; śuṣkārdre — the dry and the moist (dual); raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.