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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation. His army and sons are destroyed, Viśvāmitra wins Śiva’s weapons through austerity and returns to burn Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: filled with renewed pride, Viśvāmitra considers Vasiṣṭha already defeated

1.54.19

prāpya cāstrāṇi rājarṣir viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ
darpeṇa mahatā yukto darpapūrṇo 'bhavat tadā

And having obtained the missiles, the royal seer Viśvāmitra of great strength, filled with great pride, then became swollen with arrogance.

Words: prāpya — having obtained; cāstrāṇi — and the missiles; rājarṣir — the royal seer; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahābalaḥ — of great strength; darpeṇa — with pride; mahatā — great; yukto — filled with; darpapūrṇo — full of arrogance; 'bhavat — became; tadā — then

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.