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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.15

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: he asks to retain his power of movement so he can return swiftly to Mahendra, accepting the loss of his earned heavenly worlds instead

1.75.15

tad imāṃ tvaṃ gatiṃ vīra hantuṃ nārhasi rāghava
manojavaṃ gamiṣyāmi mahendraṃ parvatottamam

Therefore, O hero, O Rāghava, you ought not to destroy this power of movement of mine; I shall go, swift as thought, to Mahendra, the best of mountains.

Words: tad — therefore; imāṃ — this; tvaṃ — you; gatiṃ — power of movement, motion; vīra — O hero; hantuṃ — to destroy; nārhasi — you ought not; rāghava — O Rāghava; manojavaṃ — swift as thought; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; mahendraṃ — to Mahendra; parvatottamam — the best of mountains

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.