Bāla Kāṇḍa 75: Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds · 1.75.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.1

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 75: Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds. Rāma strings the bow, Paraśurāma yields his earned heavenly worlds to retain movement, recognizes Viṣṇu and departs for Mahendra

In the sequence: Out of respect for Daśaratha, Rāma initially restrains his speech → he acknowledges Paraśurāma's account of avenging his father but rejects the suggestion that he lacks warrior courage

1.75.1

śrutvā taj jāmadagnyasya vākyaṃ dāśarathis tadā
gauravād yantritakathaḥ pitū rāmam athābravīt

Hearing that speech of the son of Jamadagni, the son of Daśaratha then, his words held in check out of respect for his father, spoke to Rāma (Paraśurāma):

Words: śrutvā — having heard; taj — that; jāmadagnyasya — of the son of Jamadagni; vākyaṃ — words; dāśarathis — the son of Daśaratha; tadā — then; gauravād — out of respect; yantritakathaḥ — his speech restrained; pitū — of his father; rāmam — Rāma (Paraśurāma); athābravīt — then spoke

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.