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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.74.6

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 74: Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge. Paraśurāma ignores Daśaratha’s plea, recounts the rival divine bows and his vengeance, and challenges Rāma to string Viṣṇu’s bow

In the sequence: Daśaratha begs him to spare his sons, reminding him that he had laid down arms, given the earth to Kaśyapa, and retired to Mahendra → he says none of the family can live if Rāma is killed

1.74.6

kṣatraroṣāt praśāntas tvaṃ brāhmaṇasya mahāyaśāḥ
bālānāṃ mama putrāṇām abhayaṃ dātum arhasi

“O greatly renowned one, you, being a brahmin, have been appeased of your wrath against the warrior-race; you ought to grant safety to my young sons.

Words: kṣatraroṣāt — from wrath against the kṣatriyas; praśāntas — calmed, appeased; tvaṃ — you; brāhmaṇasya — of/being a brahmin; mahāyaśāḥ — O greatly renowned one; bālānāṃ — young, of the young ones; mama — my; putrāṇām — of the sons; abhayaṃ — safety, freedom from fear; dātum — to give, grant; arhasi — you ought

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.