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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.27.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal. Rāma learns their withdrawal, permits the embodied powers to depart and asks about the beautiful hermitage ahead

In the sequence: these radiant, shape-changing sons of Bhṛśāśva appear in embodied form and ask for Rāma's commands

1.27.11

rāmaṃ prāñjalayo bhūtvābruvan madhurabhāṣiṇaḥ
ime sma naraśārdūla śādhi kiṃ karavāma te

with palms joined and speaking sweetly, they said to Rāma: “Here we are, O tiger among men; command us — what shall we do for you?”

Words: rāmaṃ — to Rāma; prāñjalayo — with palms joined; bhūtvābruvan — having become, they said; madhurabhāṣiṇaḥ — speaking sweetly; ime — here (we are); sma — indeed (particle); naraśārdūla — O tiger among men; śādhi — command, instruct; kiṃ — what; karavāma — shall we do; te — for you

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.