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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.18

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 Subāhu in the breast with the Āgneya astra (fire missile) and kills the remaining attackers with the Vāyavya astra (wind missile), bringing joy to the munis

1.29.18

imān api vadhiṣyāmi nirghṛṇān duṣṭacāriṇaḥ
rākṣasān pāpakarmasthān yajñaghnān rudhirāśanān

These too I shall slay — the pitiless evildoers, the rākṣasas set on wicked deeds, wreckers of sacrifice, drinkers of blood.”

Words: imān — these; api — too; vadhiṣyāmi — I shall slay; nirghṛṇān — pitiless, merciless; duṣṭacāriṇaḥ — evildoers, of wicked conduct; rākṣasān — the rākṣasas; pāpakarmasthān — set on wicked deeds; yajñaghnān — wreckers of sacrifice; rudhirāśanān — drinkers of blood

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.