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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.27.5

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: Viśvāmitra teaches their withdrawal and names the associated powers, including Satyavat, Satyakīrti, Kāmarūpa, Moha, Āvaraṇa, and Jṛmbhaka

1.27.5

lakṣākṣaviṣamau caiva dṛḍhanābhasunābhakau
daśākṣaśatavaktrau ca daśaśīrṣaśatodarau

Lakṣākṣa and Viṣama, and Dṛḍhanābha and Sunābha, Daśākṣa and Śatavaktra, and Daśaśīrṣa and Śatodara,

Words: lakṣākṣaviṣamau — Lakṣākṣa and Viṣama (dual); caiva — and; dṛḍhanābhasunābhakau — Dṛḍhanābha and Sunābha (dual); daśākṣaśatavaktrau — Daśākṣa and Śatavaktra (dual); ca — and; daśaśīrṣaśatodarau — Daśaśīrṣa and Śatodara (dual)

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.