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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.75.7
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 says he will spare Paraśurāma's life because he is a brāhmaṇa and out of regard for Viśvāmitra → the divine arrow cannot be released fruitlessly, so Paraśurāma must choose whether to lose his power of movement or the heavenly worlds earned by austerity
1.75.7
imāṃ vā tvadgatiṃ rāma tapobalasamārjitān
lokān apratimān vāpi haniṣyāmi yad icchasi
Either this power of movement of yours, O Rāma, or else the incomparable worlds you have won by the power of your austerity — one of these I shall destroy, whichever you wish.
Words: imāṃ — this; vā — or; tvadgatiṃ — your power of movement; rāma — O Rāma; tapobalasamārjitān — won by the power of austerity; lokān — the worlds; apratimān — incomparable; vāpi — or else; haniṣyāmi — I shall destroy; yad — which; icchasi — you wish
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.