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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 39: Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā. She praises Lakṣmaṇa’s service and Sītā’s companionship and assures Kausalyā of Rāma’s return and abhiṣeka

In the sequence: she recalls that Brahmā gave Rāma divya astras (divine weapons) after the slaying of Timidhvaja's son, and assures Kausalyā that he will be installed with Sītā and royal fortune beside him

2.39.11

dadau cāstrāṇi divyāni yasmai brahmā mahaujase
dānavendraṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā timidhvajasutaṃ raṇe

To him, the greatly vigorous one, Brahmā gave celestial weapons, on beholding the lord of the Dānavas, the son of Timidhvaja, slain in battle.

Words: dadau — gave; cāstrāṇi — and weapons; divyāni — celestial, divine; yasmai — to whom; brahmā — Brahmā; mahaujase — to the greatly vigorous one; dānavendraṃ — the lord of the Dānavas; hataṃ — slain; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; timidhvajasutaṃ — the son of Timidhvaja; raṇe — in battle

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.