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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.21

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

1.75.21

tathā bruvati rāme tu jāmadagnye pratāpavān
rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmāṃś cikṣepa śaram uttamam

As Rāma the son of Jamadagni spoke thus, the mighty and illustrious Rāma son of Daśaratha loosed that excellent arrow.

Words: tathā — thus; bruvati — (as he was) speaking (loc. abs.); rāme — Rāma (loc. abs.); tu — and; jāmadagnye — the son of Jamadagni (loc. abs.); pratāpavān — mighty, valorous; rāmo — Rāma; dāśarathiḥ — the son of Daśaratha; śrīmāṃś — illustrious; cikṣepa — loosed, hurled; śaram — the arrow; uttamam — excellent

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.