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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.27.8

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

1.27.8

karavīrakaraṃ caiva dhanadhānyau ca rāghava
kāmarūpaṃ kāmaruciṃ moham āvaraṇaṃ tathā

and Karavīrakara, and Dhana and Dhānya, O Rāghava; Kāmarūpa and Kāmaruci, and Moha and Āvaraṇa likewise,

Words: karavīrakaraṃ — Karavīrakara; caiva — and; dhanadhānyau — Dhana and Dhānya (dual); ca — and; rāghava — O Rāghava; kāmarūpaṃ — Kāmarūpa (form-at-will); kāmaruciṃ — Kāmaruci (pleasure-at-will); moham — Moha (Delusion); āvaraṇaṃ — Āvaraṇa (Concealment); tathā — likewise

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.