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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.66.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage. Rāma lifts, strings and breaks the bow, Janaka declares his marriage condition fulfilled and sends envoys to seek Daśaratha’s consent

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra invites Rāma to look → Rāma opens the chest and asks permission to lift and draw the bow

1.66.13

maharṣer vacanād rāmo yatra tiṣṭhati tad dhanuḥ
mañjūṣāṃ tām apāvṛtya dṛṣṭvā dhanur athābravīt

At the great sage's word, Rāma, opening the chest in which the bow lay and beholding it, then said:

Words: maharṣer — of the great sage; vacanād — at the word; rāmo — Rāma; yatra — where; tiṣṭhati — stands, lies; tad dhanuḥ — the bow; mañjūṣāṃ — the chest; tām — that; apāvṛtya — having opened, uncovered; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; dhanur — the bow; athābravīt — then said

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.