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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.16

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

1.75.16

lokās tv apratimā rāma nirjitās tapasā mayā
jahi tāñ śaramukhyena mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ

But the incomparable worlds, O Rāma, which I have won by my austerity — destroy those with your chief arrow; let there be no passing of the (right) time.

Words: lokās — the worlds; tv — but; apratimā — incomparable; rāma — O Rāma; nirjitās — won, conquered; tapasā — by austerity; mayā — by me; jahi — destroy, strike; tāñ — those; śaramukhyena — with the chief arrow; mā bhūt — let there not be; kālasya — of the time; paryayaḥ — passing, lapse

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.