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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.74.9

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

1.74.9

mama sarvavināśāya saṃprāptas tvaṃ mahāmune
na caikasmin hate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam

You have come, O great sage, for my utter destruction; and if Rāma alone be slain, not one of us shall live.

Words: mama — my; sarvavināśāya — for utter destruction; saṃprāptas — have come, arrived; tvaṃ — you; mahāmune — O great sage; na — not; caikasmin — and one (loc. abs.); hate — slain (loc. abs.); rāme — Rāma (loc. abs.); sarve — all; jīvāmahe — shall we live; vayam — we

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.