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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses. The Devas interrupt Śiva & Umā’s union, his released energy transforms the earth through Agni & Vāyu, Umā curses the Devas and the earth

In the sequence: the Devas fear that no one could withstand the resulting offspring → led by Brahmā, they ask Śiva to retain his fiery energy and return with Umā to austerity, protecting the worlds from destruction

1.35.11

trailokyahitakāmārthaṃ tejas tejasi dhāraya
rakṣa sarvān imāṃl lokān nālokaṃ kartum arhasi

For the sake of the welfare of the three worlds, hold your fiery energy within your own energy; protect all these worlds — you must not bring them to a lightless ruin.

Words: trailokyahitakāmārthaṃ — for the sake of the welfare of the three worlds; tejas — the fiery energy; tejasi — within (your own) energy; dhāraya — hold, restrain; rakṣa — protect, guard; sarvān — all; imāṃl — these; lokān — worlds; nālokaṃ — not into a lightless void; kartum — to make; arhasi — you ought

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.