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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.53.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 53: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure. The King seizes Śabalā, she returns to Vasiṣṭha and, with his permission, produces armies to resist the royal forces

In the sequence: she produces Śakas and Yavanas, who attack with swords and spears → Viśvāmitra answers with his missiles.

1.53.23

tato 'strāṇi mahātejā viśvāmitro mumoca ha

Then Viśvāmitra of great splendour let loose his missiles.

Words: tato — then; 'strāṇi — missiles, divine weapons; mahātejā — of great splendour; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mumoca — released, let loose; ha — indeed

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.