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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.14

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: he strikes Mārīca in the breast with it, hurling him a hundred yojanas into the surging ocean

1.29.14

mānavaṃ paramodāram astraṃ paramabhāsvaram
cikṣepa paramakruddho mārīcor asi rāghavaḥ

Rāghava, exceedingly enraged, hurled the most excellent, exceedingly radiant Mānava weapon at Mārīca's breast.

Words: mānavaṃ — the Mānava; paramodāram — most excellent; astraṃ — weapon; paramabhāsvaram — exceedingly radiant; cikṣepa — hurled, cast; paramakruddho — exceedingly enraged; mārīcor asi — at Mārīca's breast; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.