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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.16

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: seeing Mārīca senseless and reeling under the cold arrow’s force, Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that the Mānava astra, described as śīteṣu (cold-arrowed), attended by dharma, has stunned and carried him away without killing him

1.29.16

vicetanaṃ vighūrṇantaṃ śīteṣubalapīḍitam
nirastaṃ dṛśya mārīcaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt

Seeing Mārīca senseless, reeling, oppressed by the force of the cold arrow, and cast away, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: vicetanaṃ — senseless, unconscious; vighūrṇantaṃ — reeling, whirling about; śīteṣubalapīḍitam — oppressed by the force of the cold arrow; nirastaṃ — cast away, flung off; dṛśya — having seen; mārīcaṃ — Mārīca; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇam — to Lakṣmaṇa; abravīt — said

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.