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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.11

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: Suras and ṛṣis assemble with Brahmā, joined by gandharvas, apsarases, siddhas, cāraṇas, kiṃnaras, yakṣas, rākṣasas and nāgas → overwhelmed by Rāma's radiance and stripped of his former confidence and power, Paraśurāma answers softly.

1.75.11

jaḍīkṛte tadā loke rāme varadhanurdhare
nirvīryo jāmadagnyo 'sau ramo rāmam udaikṣata

When the world had been struck motionless, as Rāma bore the excellent bow, that son of Jamadagni, robbed of his valour, gazed up at Rāma.

Words: jaḍīkṛte — struck motionless (loc. abs.); tadā — then; loke — the world (loc. abs.); rāme — Rāma (loc. abs.); varadhanurdhare — bearing the excellent bow (loc. abs.); nirvīryo — robbed of valour; jāmadagnyo — the son of Jamadagni; 'sau — that; ramo — Rāma; rāmam — Rāma; udaikṣata — gazed up at

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.