अस्त्रप्रदानम्
Bestowal of Divine Astras to Rama
अस्त्रं हयशिरो नाम क्रौञ्चमस्त्रं तथैव च।शक्तिद्वयं च काकुत्स्थ ददामि तव राघव।।।।
astraṃ hayaśiro nāma krauñcam astraṃ tathaiva ca |
śaktidvayaṃ ca kākutstha dadāmi tava rāghava ||1.27.11||
ਹੇ ਰਾਘਵ, ਹੇ ਕਾਕੁਤਸਥ ਵੰਸ਼ਜ, ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ‘ਹਯਸ਼ਿਰ’ ਨਾਮ ਵਾਲਾ ਅਸਤ੍ਰ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ‘ਕ੍ਰੌਂਚ’ ਅਸਤ੍ਰ, ਅਤੇ ਦੋ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।
O Rama! bron in the Kakutstha race, I shall grant you two powers named hayasira (Horse head) and kraunchaastra.
Martial capability is framed within lineage-duty and restraint: the gifts are meant to uphold social order and protect the innocent.
Continuing the astra-dāna, Viśvāmitra enumerates additional named weapons and grants them to Rāma.
Kṣātra-dharma (warrior duty) guided by obedience: Rāma receives weapons through rightful transmission, not through conquest or theft.