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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.12

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.

1.75.12

tejobhir hatavīryatvāj jāmadagnyo jaḍīkṛtaḥ
rāmaṃ kamala patrākṣaṃ mandaṃ mandam uvāca ha

His valour struck down by (Rāma's) splendour, the son of Jamadagni, made motionless, spoke very softly to the lotus-petal-eyed Rāma:

Words: tejobhir — by the splendour; hatavīryatvāj — because his valour was struck down; jāmadagnyo — the son of Jamadagni; jaḍīkṛtaḥ — made motionless, stunned; rāmaṃ — Rāma; kamala — lotus-; patrākṣaṃ — petal-eyed; mandaṃ mandam — very softly, slowly; uvāca — said; ha — indeed

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.