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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.16

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation. His army and sons are destroyed, Viśvāmitra wins Śiva’s weapons through austerity and returns to burn Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: Śiva appears and offers a boon → Viśvāmitra asks for Dhanurveda (the science of archery), with its subsidiary disciplines and secrets, and the astras of Devas, dānavas, maharṣis, gandharvas, yakṣas and rākṣasas → Śiva grants the request and departs

1.54.16

yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva dhanurvedo mamānagha
sāṅgopāṅgopaniṣadaḥ sarahasyaḥ pradīyatām

'If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, O sinless one, let the science of archery be given to me—with its limbs and sub-limbs and mystic teachings, together with its secret lore.'

Words: yadi — if; tuṣṭo — pleased; mahādeva — O Mahādeva; dhanurvedo — the science of archery; mamānagha — to me, O sinless one; sāṅgopāṅgopaniṣadaḥ — with its limbs, sub-limbs and mystic teachings; sarahasyaḥ — together with its secret lore; pradīyatām — let it be given

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.