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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras. Rāma casts Mārīca into the sea with the Mānava astra, kills Subāhu with the Āgneya astra and defeats the remaining rākṣasas with the Vāyavya astra, allowing the yajña to finish

In the sequence: Rāma announces that the Mānava astra will scatter them

1.29.12

tāv āpatantau sahasā dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanaḥ
lakṣmaṇaṃ tv abhisaṃprekṣya rāmo vacanam abravīt

Seeing those two rushing suddenly upon them, the lotus-eyed Rāma, glancing at Lakṣmaṇa, spoke these words:

Words: tāv — those two; āpatantau — rushing upon, falling upon (dual); sahasā — suddenly; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rājīvalocanaḥ — the lotus-eyed one; lakṣmaṇaṃ — at Lakṣmaṇa; tv — and; abhisaṃprekṣya — having glanced at, looked toward; rāmo — Rāma; vacanam — words; abravīt — spoke

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.