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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.27.2

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: As they walk, Rāma’s face beams → he declares that, having received the weapons, he is now unassailable even by the Suras, but also wants to learn their withdrawal or recall, saṃhāra

1.27.2

gṛhītāstro 'smi bhagavan durādharṣaḥ surair api
astrāṇāṃ tv aham icchāmi saṃhāraṃ munipuṃgava

“I have taken up the weapons, O venerable one, and am now unassailable even by the gods; but I wish, O bull among sages, to know their withdrawal.”

Words: gṛhītāstro 'smi — I have taken up the weapons; bhagavan — O venerable one; durādharṣaḥ — unassailable, hard to overcome; surair — by the gods; api — even; astrāṇāṃ — of the weapons; tv — but; aham — I; icchāmi — I wish, desire; saṃhāraṃ — the withdrawal, recalling; munipuṃgava — O bull among sages

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.