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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.2

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: Kāmbojas spring from her bellow, Pahlavas from her udder, Yavanas from her womb-region, Śakas from her dung-region, and other peoples from her pores → these forces destroy the King's army

1.54.2

tasyā humbhāravāj jātāḥ kāmbojā ravisaṃnibhāḥ
ūdhasas tv atha saṃjātāḥ pahlavāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ

From her 'humbhā' bellow were born Kāmbojas resembling the sun; and from her udder arose Pahlavas, weapons in hand;

Words: tasyā — from her, her; humbhāravāj — from the 'humbhā' bellow; jātāḥ — born; kāmbojā — Kāmbojas (a people); ravisaṃnibhāḥ — resembling the sun; ūdhasas — from the udder; tv — and; atha — then; saṃjātāḥ — arose, were produced; pahlavāḥ — Pahlavas; śastrapāṇayaḥ — with weapons in hand

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.