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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.19

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

1.29.19

vigṛhya sumahac cāstram āgneyaṃ raghunandanaḥ
subāhur asi cikṣepa sa viddhaḥ prāpatad bhuvi

Seizing the very great Āgneya (fire) weapon, the delight of the Raghus hurled it at Subāhu's breast; struck, he fell to the ground.

Words: vigṛhya — having seized, taken up; sumahac — very great; cāstram — and the weapon; āgneyaṃ — the fiery (Āgneya); raghunandanaḥ — the delight of the Raghus; subāhur asi — at Subāhu's breast; cikṣepa — hurled, cast; sa — he; viddhaḥ — struck, pierced; prāpatad — fell down; bhuvi — on the ground, earth

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.