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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.20

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

1.29.20

śeṣān vāyavyam ādāya nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ
rāghavaḥ paramodāro munīnāṃ mudam āvahan

Taking up the Vāyavya (wind) weapon, the greatly illustrious, most noble Rāghava slew the rest, bringing joy to the sages.

Words: śeṣān — the rest, the remaining ones; vāyavyam — the wind-weapon (Vāyavya); ādāya — having taken up; nijaghāna — slew, struck down; mahāyaśāḥ — the greatly illustrious; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; paramodāro — most noble; munīnāṃ — to the sages; mudam — joy; āvahan — bringing, causing

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.