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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.55.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 55: Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons. Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs every missile, including the Brahmāstra, Viśvāmitra recognizes the superiority of spiritual power and resolves to attain brāhmaṇa status

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra finally releases the Brahmāstra, terrifying devarṣis, gandharvas, great uragas and the three worlds → Vasiṣṭha absorbs that too

1.55.15

devarṣayaś ca saṃbhrāntā gandharvāḥ samahoragāḥ
trailokyam āsīt saṃtrastaṃ brahmāstre samudīrite

and the divine seers, alarmed, and the gandharvas together with the great serpents—the three worlds were terrified when the Brahmā-missile was raised.

Words: devarṣayaś ca — and the divine seers; saṃbhrāntā — alarmed, agitated; gandharvāḥ — the gandharvas; samahoragāḥ — together with the great serpents; trailokyam — the three worlds; āsīt — was, became; saṃtrastaṃ — terrified; brahmāstre — the Brahmā-missile (loc.); samudīrite — being raised, discharged (loc. abs.)

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.