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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.55.6
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 releases a succession of divine missiles: weapons of water, wind, sleep, delusion, torment, destruction, divine nooses, discuses, thunderbolts, and others → the staff absorbs them all
1.55.6
vāruṇaṃ caiva raudraṃ ca aindraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā
aiṣīkaṃ cāpi cikṣepa ruṣito gādhinandanaḥ
The son of Gādhi, enraged, hurled the missile of Varuṇa, and of Rudra, of Indra, of Paśupati, and also the reed-missile;
Words: vāruṇaṃ — the Varuṇa (missile); caiva — and; raudraṃ — the Rudra (missile); ca — and; aindraṃ — the Indra (missile); pāśupataṃ — the Paśupata (Śiva's missile); tathā — and, likewise; aiṣīkaṃ — the aiṣīka (reed-missile); cāpi — and also; cikṣepa — hurled; ruṣito — enraged; gādhinandanaḥ — the son of Gādhi
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.