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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.26

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort. He offers to overcome every obstacle by force, Rāma wipes away his tears but remains bound to the promise

In the sequence: he points to his weapons and promises to defeat anyone who intervenes

2.20.26

amitradamanārthaṃ me sarvam etac catuṣṭayam
na cāhaṃ kāmaye 'tyarthaṃ yaḥ syāc chatrur mato mama

All this fourfold gear of mine is for the taming of foes; and I have no wish at all to spare whoever is reckoned my enemy.

Words: amitradamanārthaṃ — for the taming of enemies; me — my; sarvam — all; etac — this; catuṣṭayam — fourfold set (bow, sword, arrows, arms); na — not; cāhaṃ — and I; kāmaye — desire; 'tyarthaṃ — exceedingly, at all; yaḥ — who; syāc — would be; chatrur — an enemy; mato — reckoned, deemed; mama — my

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.