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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.23

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: the darkness clears from every direction, and the Suras and ṛṣis praise him → Paraśurāma honors Rāma, circles him respectfully, and departs.

1.75.23

rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyaḥ praśasya ca
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya jagāmātmagatiṃ prabhuḥ

And Rāma the son of Jamadagni, having praised Rāma the son of Daśaratha, then circumambulated him to the right, and the lord went his own way.

Words: rāmaṃ — Rāma; dāśarathiṃ — the son of Daśaratha; rāmo — Rāma; jāmadagnyaḥ — the son of Jamadagni; praśasya — having praised; ca — and; tataḥ — then; pradakṣiṇīkṛtya — having circumambulated to the right; jagāmātmagatiṃ — went to his own course/abode; prabhuḥ — the lord

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.