Sarga 28: The Weapons of Withdrawal

Samhara Astra Prapti

Rama asks Vishvamitra for the counter-weapons that recall or nullify missiles; the sage bestows these as well, and their deities too appear before Rama. Continuing on, Rama notices a lovely forest ahead and asks Vishvamitra whose hermitage it is.

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Shloka 28.20-22Word-by-word available

सम्प्राप्ता यत्र ते पापा ब्रह्मघ्ना दुष्टचारिण:।।1.28.20।। तव यज्ञस्य विघ्नाय दुरात्मानो महामुने। भगवन् तस्य को देशस्सा यत्र तव याज्ञिकी।।1.28.21।। रक्षितव्या क्रिया ब्रह्मन्मया वध्याश्च राक्षसा:। एतत्सर्वं मुनिश्रेष्ठ श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो।।1.28.22।।

Meaning

Where do those sinful, evil-conducted slayers of brahmins come to hinder your sacrifice, great sage? Tell me the place, holy one, where your ritual must be protected and the rakshasas destroyed by me — all this I wish to hear, lord.