Chapter 56 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 56.7

मानवं मोहनं चैव गान्धर्वं स्वापनं तथा। जृम्भणं मादनं चैव संतापनविलापने॥ शोषणं दारणं चैव वज्रमस्त्रं सुदुर्जयम्। ब्रह्मपाशं कालपाशं वारुणं पाशमेव च॥ पिनाकमस्त्रं दयितं शुष्कार्दै अशनी तथा। दण्डास्त्रमथ पैशाचं क्रौञ्चमस्त्रं तथैव च॥ धर्मचक्रं कालचक्रं विष्णुचक्रं तथैव च। वायव्यं मथनं चैव अस्त्रं हयशिरस्तथा॥ शक्तिद्वयं च चिक्षेप कङ्कालं मुसलं तथा। वैद्याधरं महास्त्रं च कालास्त्रमथ दारुणम्॥ त्रिशूलमस्त्रं घोरं च कालापमथ कङ्कणम्। एतान्यस्त्राणि चिक्षेप सर्वाणि रघुनन्दन ॥ वसिष्ठे जपतां श्रेष्ठे तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्। तानि सर्वाणि दण्डेन ग्रसते ब्रह्मणः सुतः॥

mānavaṃ mohanaṃ caiva gāndharvaṃ svāpanaṃ tathā| jṛmbhaṇaṃ mādanaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane|| śoṣaṇaṃ dāraṇaṃ caiva vajramastraṃ sudurjayam| brahmapāśaṃ kālapāśaṃ vāruṇaṃ pāśameva ca|| pinākamastraṃ dayitaṃ śuṣkārdai aśanī tathā| daṇḍāstramatha paiśācaṃ krauñcamastraṃ tathaiva ca|| dharmacakraṃ kālacakraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathaiva ca| vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva astraṃ hayaśirastathā|| śaktidvayaṃ ca cikṣepa kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā| vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca kālāstramatha dāruṇam|| triśūlamastraṃ ghoraṃ ca kālāpamatha kaṅkaṇam| etānyastrāṇi cikṣepa sarvāṇi raghunandana || vasiṣṭhe japatāṃ śreṣṭhe tadadbhutamivābhavat| tāni sarvāṇi daṇḍena grasate brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ||

English Meaning

Mānava, and Mohana, and Gandharva, and Svapna, and Jrmbhana, and Mohana, and Santapana, and Vilapana, and Sosana, and Dāruņa, and Vajra hard to baffle, and Brahmapāśa, and Kālapāśa, and Varuņapāśa, and Pinaka (favourite of Siva), and the two ASanis, wet and dry, and the Danda weapon, and Paisaca, and the Krauñca weapon, and Dharmacakra, and Kālacakra, and Vişnucakra, and Vāyavya, and Mohana, and the Hayasiras weapon, and the mighty weapon Vidyādhara, and the terrible Kala weapon, and the dreadful Trisula weapon, and Kapala, and Kankana, all these weapons hurled he (Viśvāmitra), at that best of mantra-reciting ones, O descendant of Raghu. And it was wonderful to behold. But Brahma's son baffled all those by means of his staff.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)