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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.25

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff. Rāma & Sītā distribute wealth, the poor Trijaṭa receives the cattle encompassed by his staff’s throw

In the sequence: Trijaṭa throws with all his strength → Rāma explains that he meant no offense by the joke, gives him the herd, and receives his blessings.

2.29.25

sa śāṭīṃ tvaritaḥ kaṭyāṃ saṃbhrāntaḥ pariveṣṭya tām
āvidhya daṇḍaṃ cikṣepa sarvaprāṇena vegitaḥ

Hurriedly and in great excitement girding that loincloth about his waist, he whirled the staff and hurled it with all his strength, impelled with full force.

Words: sa — he; śāṭīṃ — the loincloth, cloth; tvaritaḥ — hurriedly; kaṭyāṃ — on the waist, hip; saṃbhrāntaḥ — flustered, excited; pariveṣṭya — having wrapped around, girded; tām — it; āvidhya — having whirled, brandished; daṇḍaṃ — the staff; cikṣepa — hurled, threw; sarvaprāṇena — with all his strength; vegitaḥ — impelled with force, speeded

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.