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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.3

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: the munis explain that Viśvāmitra will remain silent during his dīkṣā and that they must guard him for six nights

1.29.3

evaṃ bruvāṇau kākutsthau tvaramāṇau yuyutsayā
sarve te munayaḥ prītāḥ praśaśaṃsur nṛpātmajau

As the two Kākutsthas spoke thus, hastening in their eagerness for battle, all those sages, well pleased, praised the two princes:

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvāṇau — the two speaking; kākutsthau — the two Kākutsthas; tvaramāṇau — hastening, in haste (dual); yuyutsayā — out of eagerness to fight; sarve — all; te — those; munayaḥ — sages; prītāḥ — pleased, delighted; praśaśaṃsur — praised; nṛpātmajau — the two princes (dual)

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.