Ramayana · Chapter 1.055

evam ukto vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ
āgneyam astram utkṣipya tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt

vasiṣṭho bhagavān krodhād idaṃ vacanam abravīt

kṣatrabandho sthito 'smy eṣa yad balaṃ tad vidarśaya
nāśayāmy eṣa te darpaṃ śastrasya tava gādhija

kva ca te kṣatriyabalaṃ kva ca brahmabalaṃ mahat
paśya brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ mama kṣatriyapāṃsana

tasyāstraṃ gādhiputrasya ghoram āgneyam uttamam
brahmadaṇḍena tac chāntam agner vega ivāmbhasā

vāruṇaṃ caiva raudraṃ ca aindraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā
aiṣīkaṃ cāpi cikṣepa ruṣito gādhinandanaḥ

mānavaṃ mohanaṃ caiva gāndharvaṃ svāpanaṃ tathā
jṛmbhaṇaṃ mohanaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane

śoṣaṇaṃ dāraṇaṃ caiva vajram astraṃ sudurjayam
brahmapāśaṃ kālapāśaṃ vāruṇaṃ pāśam eva ca

pinākāstraṃ ca dayitaṃ śuṣkārdre aśanī tathā
daṇḍāstram atha paiśācaṃ krauñcam astraṃ tathaiva ca

dharmacakraṃ kālacakraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathaiva ca
vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva astraṃ hayaśiras tathā

śaktidvayaṃ ca cikṣepa kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā
vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca kālāstram atha dāruṇam

triśūlam astraṃ ghoraṃ ca kāpālam atha kaṅkaṇam
etāny astrāṇi cikṣepa sarvāṇi raghunandana

vasiṣṭhe japatāṃ śreṣṭhe tad adbhutam ivābhavat
tāni sarvāṇi daṇḍena grasate brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ

teṣu śānteṣu brahmāstraṃ kṣiptavān gādhinandanaḥ
tad astram udyataṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ

devarṣayaś ca saṃbhrāntā gandharvāḥ samahoragāḥ
trailokyam āsīt saṃtrastaṃ brahmāstre samudīrite

tad apy astraṃ mahāghoraṃ brāhmaṃ brāhmeṇa tejasā
vasiṣṭho grasate sarvaṃ brahmadaṇḍena rāghava

brahmāstraṃ grasamānasya vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
trailokyamohanaṃ raudraṃ rūpam āsīt sudāruṇam

romakūpeṣu sarveṣu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
marīcya iva niṣpetur agner dhūmākulārciṣaḥ

prājvalad brahmadaṇḍaś ca vasiṣṭhasya karodyataḥ
vidhūma iva kālāgnir yamadaṇḍa ivāparaḥ

tato 'stuvan munigaṇā vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam
amoghaṃ te balaṃ brahmaṃs tejo dhāraya tejasā

nigṛhītas tvayā brahman viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
prasīda japatāṃ śreṣṭha lokāḥ santu gatavyathāḥ

evam ukto mahātejāḥ śamaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ
viśvāmitro 'pi nikṛto viniḥśvasyedam abravīt

dhig balaṃ kṣatriyabalaṃ brahmatejobalaṃ balam
ekena brahmadaṇḍena sarvāstrāṇi hatāni me

tad etat samavekṣyāhaṃ prasannendriyamānasaḥ
tapo mahat samāsthāsye yad vai brahmatvakārakam