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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.17

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 recognizes Rāma as Viṣṇu through his handling of the bow and declares there is no shame in defeat by the lord of the three worlds

1.75.17

akṣayyaṃ madhuhantāraṃ jānāmi tvāṃ sureśvaram
dhanuṣo 'sya parāmarśāt svasti te 'stu paraṃtapa

I know you to be the imperishable slayer of Madhu, the lord of the gods — I know it from your very handling of this bow. May it be well with you, O scorcher of foes.

Words: akṣayyaṃ — imperishable; madhuhantāraṃ — the slayer of Madhu; jānāmi — I know; tvāṃ — you; sureśvaram — the lord of the gods; dhanuṣo — of the bow; 'sya — this; parāmarśāt — from the handling, grasping; svasti — well-being; te — to you; 'stu — let it be; paraṃtapa — O scorcher of foes

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.