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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.13

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

1.29.13

paśya lakṣmaṇa durvṛttān rākṣasān piśitāśanān
mānavāstrasamādhūtān anilena yathāghanān

“Behold, Lakṣmaṇa, these wicked, flesh-eating rākṣasas, about to be scattered by the Mānava weapon, like clouds by the wind.”

Words: paśya — behold, look; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; durvṛttān — wicked, of evil conduct; rākṣasān — the rākṣasas; piśitāśanān — flesh-eating; mānavāstrasamādhūtān — scattered by the Mānava weapon; anilena — by the wind; yathāghanān — like clouds

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.