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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.20

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 Rāma to release the arrow → Rāma does so

1.75.20

śaram apratimaṃ rāma moktum arhasi suvrata
śaramokṣe gamiṣyāmi mahendraṃ parvatottamam

You may loose that incomparable arrow, O Rāma of good vows; when the arrow is released, I shall go to Mahendra, the best of mountains.”

Words: śaram — the arrow; apratimaṃ — incomparable; rāma — O Rāma; moktum — to loose, release; arhasi — you may, ought; suvrata — O (you) of good vows; śaramokṣe — at the release of the arrow; 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.